I am writing this to keep myself accountable and push myself towards taking action towards a sustainable future. I hope children of the future can still appreciate the wonders that nature and all its beings have to offer, appreciate the beauty in the world around us.

It seems silly to saddle yourself with guilt for something that hasn’t happened yet. I don’t want to do that. As of today, I don’t really feel guilty. I guess I just want to make sure I keep doing more, so that when you read this, and ask what I’ve done since then, I can still feel good about my efforts.

To think that my choices of sustainable commuting, eating a plant based diet, and working on our City’s zero waste program likely pale in comparison to the impact of not having a baby is nothing short of devastating.  Does it make me a bad environmentalist to honor my maternal instincts?

I know it’s long past time to wake up. You deserve a future in which drought, famine, and war are not all your children ever know; the choices my generation makes now will determine your future.

I see a world full of hope fueled by the desire for change.

In 2050, I will still be fighting against climate change. I feel that it’s not only my duty, but rather my destiny.

This is just the beginning. It’s the accrual of little seeds of change that will lead to the tree of revolution.

I am smelling burning plastic!

My hope for you is that you can have equal experiences with nature that I was able to have with my dad.

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

I hope I can look you in the eye and tell you I honestly did everything I could to protect our planet.