So today, my strong and spunky girl, I promise you this: I will stay vigilant and flexible. I will spread the word.

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

Eu quero esse mundo melhor para você, onde o povo tem voz, seja lá quem você seja, eu vou fazer se tudo para proporcionar um mundo melhor para você.

I hope that the state of the environment becomes a part of everyday discourse.

I will fight for this cause and I will never ever give up because we, the youngsters, are the hope.

I’m going to start a campaign to try to convince everybody in the Netherlands to not eat meat one day a week.

I am so sorry we didn’t realize this predicament sooner.

Surrounded by scientists who shared my fears and visions, I often had a hard time to accept that outside our small community climate change received marginal attention.

I’m doing this work because I see it as the best way to save and improve as many lives as possible. I’m doing it so you, 2050 Ryan, can look at yourself in the mirror. And so you can tell your kids and grandkids someday that you did everything you could.