Lucie, I love you more than you could ever know and I hope that my promises help contribute to a better world for you and inspire you to take action as well as you grow into the amazing adult I know you will be.

You ask insightful questions, and together we learn about the mysterious world we inhabit.

When I asked you why the purple Violet called to you, you told me it was “magic”. I hope that you can still find the magic of life. I hope, despite everything, it is still in abundance.

When the worst consequences of climate change still feel far away today, or the barriers to acting on climate change seem steep today, I do not think about today. I think about you, and your world when you are my age.

May my tomorrow include more attention to these details so that you know that I do care.

We need to rethink our consumption habits in order to reduce the impacts on the environment.

Last week I took you to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Saiba que enquanto eu tiver vida, minha voz não calará para alertar o mal que estamos fazendo agora para as nossas gerações futuras…

We had a lot in common obviously, and our concern for the planet we live on was one of the many things we bonded over.

I promise those who walked the Earth before me and those who will walk the Earth after me that I will not stand by and let nature slip through my fingers.