I know that the 2019 version of me (today that is) wished and hoped for that I did all within my power to turn the world around without loosing sight on the beauty of being alive.

We wondered about how we might be able to eliminate plastics from our day to day routines, and recycled literally everything. We were amazing, you should have seen us. Now and again though, we wondered if these were the right questions.

I will promise to help climate change as much as I can.

We can learn a lot about how to treat others from stories that have been passed from generation to generation.

I haven’t met you yet, but I already know you deserve a better tomorrow.

This is our house.

My desire is for clean air, clean water, rich soil, and healthy nutritious food for you and all children always everywhere.

I think a lot about what you might be like when you grow up and about what kind of world you will live in.

The road I learned to ride my bike on, the field where I kicked my first soccer ball, and the park I ate my first ice cream cone at, could all be gone.

will continue championing land preservation and the restoration of woodland, prairie and wetland habitats. I will not stop advocating for “bird friendly” legislation to make cities safer for your passage.

I can now see that the solutions are there, that a transition of the magnitude that is needed, is possible.