I hope that you all can enjoy the Smokey Mountains in your lifetime too and that they look how they did back in 2017 when I saw them.

This is our house.

If there is one thing that I taught you it is to be honest in your decisions as they pertain to yourselves and the earth in which you live.

First of all I hope we succeeded in our dream that yours is a better world than the world of 2021. Today, the forests are burning, the sea levels are rising and wild weather is everywhere. But we are working hard and I’m confident we will succeed.

I haven’t met you yet, but I already know you deserve a better tomorrow.

I can feel the change happening — many people are working to transform the world.

This is my most important work.

You are growing up in a time of immense change. In the last two years alone, we’ve learned so much about big and important issues including climate change and the systemic racism that runs through our institutions.

I hope that people are still enjoying the wonders that nature has to offer.

Nossa vida só tem qualidade se tem natureza ao nosso redor.