Starting in 2015 I committed my life to sustainability.

The blue sky will no longer be grey, and the bleak clouds will be vibrant.

Please know that I have tried very hard to be one of those people, to even make the smallest of changes in order to improve the world for you and your future.

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

I wish I had a crystal ball and could peep into it to see you all happy and safe in a world that nourishes you and that is also nourished by you, a world where the resources it provides are as valued as the people in it and not frittered away by greed and power.

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.

Climate change right now is really bad, I’m writing this during the COP26 conference in Glasgow (which is an hour away) and I’m listening to politicians talking about promises for the future. “If we fail, future generations will never forgive us.” -Boris Johnson

I wish you all the best and always make sure that you can be proud of yourself and don’t need status-symbols for feeling nice.

My act of love will be to use all the power I have, during the rest of my life, to stop climate change.

I know it’s long past time to wake up. You deserve a future in which drought, famine, and war are not all your children ever know; the choices my generation makes now will determine your future.

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.