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.

I’m voting with climate change as a top priority. I’ve tried to teach you boys that we need to clean up after ourselves and take care of the earth. I promise to continue doing these actions and more, for your sake.

This lead me to my final project, which focused on reforming the education system to incorporate sustainability classes into the current curriculum.

I hope by 2050, our society has taken initiative to be producing energy solely through renewable sources.

Your path will only be as clear tomorrow as we have made it for you today.

I will do my part to help ensure that there is an Earth left when we are done borrowing it.

Remember how passionate you felt at 20, I hope you keep that passion in you and are still working on climate 30 years from now.

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.