I see a world full of hope fueled by the desire for change.

Luckily, we have figured out ways to build things without making the air dirty, and we are trying very hard to get more people to switch over to this new way as fast as we can.

This is just the beginning. It’s the accrual of little seeds of change that will lead to the tree of revolution.

We’re presenting at conferences, writing articles, and organizing events with the goal of mobilizing our profession to act on climate, and to help them understand that it will deeply impact our mission to preserve history for future generations.

I’m going to commit to raising you with your eyes open. Being aware as much as we can, how to better our environment together.

Dear tomorrow, thank you for letting me ride the wave of wonder that reaches toward you for all generations of all species to come.

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

I want you to feel awestruck like I do. It is important to feel small sometimes, to feel the weight of reality, to recognize the scale of a challenge, to see where you fit and what you are up against. This is the case with climate change.

I’m going to start a campaign to try to convince everybody in the Netherlands to not eat meat one day a week.

But when you are reading this years from now, by the light of a solar powered lamp, know that your dad, mom and millions of others who burned brightly with love for our kids did what we could, when we knew the stakes.

Hope we get to have that snowball fight I always dreamed we’d have.

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