I pledge to you now that I will work tirelessly and with all my willpower so you don’t have to live in a world where you have to worry about the next storm.

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?).

You are young and have a rich future ahead of you. I am retired and aiming for a high quality of cultural life and comfort with whatever time remains to me. I do not want to see a world whose elders sacrifice your future for their short-term needs and personal gain. So it’s up to you and me to speak out.

It’s my hope that the following will be helpful as you navigate your futures.  These are the confessions of a climate activist:

You should’ve reduced your carbon footprint, should be using some source of renewable energy and be a vegetarian by now.

Please don’t wait to see the adverse effects instead adopt that river, stream, lake or ocean to make the world a better place.

I hope that you start doing things that will help the world.

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

My hope is for all who live in your time to still know the joy of swimming in the ocean, walking through the woods, and hiking in the mountains.

I am witnessing climate change in a way that I do not like, and I do not know how can I stop it.