There is a place on this planet called the Amazon, and I don’t mean the online shopping site (is that still a thing in your time?).

Please don’t wait to see the adverse effects instead adopt that river, stream, lake or ocean to make the world a better place.

The road I learned to ride my bike on, the field where I kicked my first soccer ball, and the park I ate my first ice cream cone at, could all be gone.

I am going to start doing better to have a healthier planet for you to live on.

I will not stop fighting for a more sustainable future, your future.

I hope that humans can live harmoniously with the earth.

My hope is for all who live in your time to still know the joy of swimming in the ocean, walking through the woods, and hiking in the mountains.

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.

Here in California we’re starting to recognize our climate changing the natural world around us.

I want you to only see the beauty in this world; there is so much of it and I will protect this beauty for as long as I am here on this Earth.

I hope this year is a real turning point and by the time you’re a teenager, your life is powered almost entirely by clean energy like solar and wind.