It’s never too late to make a difference. Our actions have very real consequences. We can educate ourselves, learn from our mistakes, and take action. We can hold companies like big oil and big plastic accountable for their negative impacts on the environment. We can educate ourselves and others about what causes climate change and what actions we as individuals can take to lower our carbon footprints.

I promise to do my part, supporting federal legislation to protect our earth while starting small with projects at home.

Awareness is key. Learning about this issue can seem like a small effort compared to other actions, but it’s the most important.

I hope that you all can enjoy the Smokey Mountains in your lifetime too and that they look how they did back in 2017 when I saw them.

For the pale blue dot we live on, a precious beauty, I try to help.

I will use my voice to help bring awareness about climate change.

What gives me hope is what is yet to come, what you will experience in your lifetime.

The world is changing and it is happening fast.

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.