This Mother’s Day I am again thinking of my grandsons future and what I am doing to change the world if only by a small fraction.

I realize my reflection of the past, current and future state of the environment paints a grim and pessimistic picture, but I feel optimistic in our ability to turn planet Earth’s fate around if we all work together and commit to making a change.

People are an amazing race and, if we have the will, I believe we have the ingenuity and resources to fix the harm we’ve done.

I promise to do my part. I promise to be the change I want to see in the world, and I hope that you, reader, will do the same.

Thank you for reading. Do your part to save the globe.

One day ten or twenty years from now, when you look back from the future, you will be able to clearly see the entire path.

Awareness is key. Learning about this issue can seem like a small effort compared to other actions, but it’s the most important.

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

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

I’m sad and angry that collectively more has not been done to this date. And that still with such dire warnings, obvious impacts, those in power are acting far too slowly.