Lucie, I love you more than you could ever know and I hope that my promises help contribute to a better world for you and inspire you to take action as well as you grow into the amazing adult I know you will be.

Mankind has always been able to deal with the greatest challenges it’s faced and this will not be the exception. My message to you is: find that passion and give it your all. ‘Till your legs give out.

To think that my choices of sustainable commuting, eating a plant based diet, and working on our City’s zero waste program likely pale in comparison to the impact of not having a baby is nothing short of devastating.  Does it make me a bad environmentalist to honor my maternal instincts?

My hope for you is that all our legislative efforts and care for the environment makes a difference so that we can wipe asthma out of our family.

My act of love will be to use all the power I have, during the rest of my life, to stop climate change.

I want you to hear the whispers of the seasons changing. The rustling of leaves as they gracefully cascade down from their limbs in the fall, birds singing in spring, and frogs that serenade the summer night.

I will continue to work to make the Earth a cleaner and safer place for you to grow and explore.

I promise to plant 5 trees every year just to make sure I don’t leave a carbon footprint.