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.

Sometimes I think we will never make it, but I know we must keep trying.

Here in California we’re starting to recognize our climate changing the natural world around us.

We, in our time, still have the chance to change course. We have the knowledge and emergent means, even the profitable technologies, to do so.

There is a place on this planet called the Amazon, and I don’t mean the online shopping site (is that still a thing in your time?).

We need to rethink our consumption habits in order to reduce the impacts on the environment.

I commit to you to change one thing a year in our lifestyle to live more environmentally friendly.

I am often faced with the question: why do I care so much about this pale blue dot that we inhabit?

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