You are growing up in a time of immense change. In the last two years alone, we’ve learned so much about big and important issues including climate change and the systemic racism that runs through our institutions.

I plan to plant more things this spring, as we do every year in our garden.

You are so small. So innocent. So beautiful. For you and for everyone else, I will try harder.

I will do all that I can, and hope my fellow inhabitants join my pursuit, to nurture this planet.

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.

Young people are making a lot of noise and politicians are now listening.

Be assured that in the upcoming election, I will cast my vote for your future – for elected officials that recognize climate risks and are willing to promote and vote for legislation that will stop environmental damage and begin to heal our planet.

If there’s one thing young people have learned while quarantining, it’s that Gen Z holds so much power and is capable of a lot more than we think. We’ve created a community that has united us all and started to bring about change for the good of our futures. Now, with the help of Gen Z (and of course, people of all ages), we have the power to save our home, the Earth.

I want clean air, clean energy and muddy feet for you. I want this for all children.

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

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.