Maybe you heard about bats? Bats, the carriers of this disease that spread among us like wild fire. I love bats. When I was your age today, sitting in the evening on the back terrace of your grandparent’s home in Ibiza, hundreds of bats would play, dance and sing among the trees.

This lead me to my final project, which focused on reforming the education system to incorporate sustainability classes into the current curriculum.

We only have 11 years left until the damage done by climate change is irreversible.

I don’t know your name
or even if you’re alive,
but I’m doing all I can
to make sure you survive.

I’m your great- great grandmother
who lived a century ago
in a world far different
from the one you must know.

The most important thing in my life is you, which means that as your mom – I am doing my very best to make sure that when you read this letter, Earth is a cleaner and safer place for you and your children.

Be fearless – do not be afraid to talk to each other and do not be afraid to fail.

Here in California we’re starting to recognize our climate changing the natural world around us.