I can feel the change happening — many people are working to transform the world.

The world is changing and it is happening fast.

Sweetie, you deserve clean air, water and soil. You deserve to thrive in an environment that supports you.

Sempre é bom ajudar a natureza.

Fortunately, you didn’t get injured while the wildfire burned your school.

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

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.

I feel deeply that it is my moral obligation as your Mom to protect your future and allow you to inherit a clean and healthy planet.

I will stand on the streets, in the courts, and in the schools to encourage awareness and empathy for the earth.

I am writing this to keep myself accountable and push myself towards taking action towards a sustainable future. I hope children of the future can still appreciate the wonders that nature and all its beings have to offer, appreciate the beauty in the world around us.