I don’t wish to go backwards, but I do wish we would slow down and design our brave new world with more care.

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

I am working with 350.org on shutting down the coal and unconventional gas industries in our country because I cannot think of a more direct way to protect you, the food, water and biodiversity we all love and rely on.

It’s scary, this is the stuff you see in movies about the end of the world.

Don’t stop looking for adventures.

I realize my reflection of the past, current and future state of the environment paints a grim and pessimistic picture, but I feel optimistic in our ability to turn planet Earth’s fate around if we all work together and commit to making a change.

We thought that the world was an endless supply of whatever we wanted… I know it sounds hard to believe, but that is the way it was.

What I wish most for you girls is that the care you have shown each other would extend to the big wide world around you.

I promise those who walked the Earth before me and those who will walk the Earth after me that I will not stand by and let nature slip through my fingers.