It was 2020, the year I realized that life is fragile—not just mine, but the entire planet—through immense consumption, pollution, greediness, ignorance, false bliss. This wasn’t the way I wanted to live my life, so I promise to actively make the change.

More than getting through a global pandemic that has already taken hundreds of thousands of lives around the world, our true feat is even larger: to secure our long-term health and the health of the ecosystems upon which we depend for life. To do that, we have to cut our emissions in half in the next ten years, and continue to reduce it beyond that. And to succeed in that, we need to fundamentally shift the way we do EVERYTHING.

I wish you this security knowing we changed because we love you.

Muita Coragem e força para você enfrentar todos os desafios que virão, pois são com eles que crescemos.

I am often faced with the question: why do I care so much about this pale blue dot that we inhabit?

It’s my hope that the following will be helpful as you navigate your futures.  These are the confessions of a climate activist:

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

I think every parent believes that their child’s future is worth protecting – because I know the power of this force in me and what I am willing to do.

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