Don’t ever let anyone tell you your actions don’t matter. Every single thing you do matters. You matter.

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

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.

As I write this, our world is slowly giving way to climate change.

Tonight at bedtime, you asked, seemingly out of nowhere, “why are the glaciers disappearing?”

I became an activist to be part of a force to save the natural world and go 100% clean energy.

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.

Que vocês possam contar para seus filhos e netos que minha geração tomou consciência de sua responsabilidade e assumiu sua condição de natureza e a ela se reintegrou, com inteligência, interação respeitosa e solidariedade.

It’s not enough to just recycle. I will sign petitions and call my local representatives. I will also engage in conversations about climate change – even with people with whom I don’t see eye-to-eye.

We as the human race are smarter than this struggle at hand and need to rise above large corporate interests and confusion on this topic.