We’re presenting at conferences, writing articles, and organizing events with the goal of mobilizing our profession to act on climate, and to help them understand that it will deeply impact our mission to preserve history for future generations.

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

I don’t wish to go backwards, but I do wish we would slow down and design our brave new world with more care.

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

Our future is being made now, and I promise to do everything in my power to make yours safe.

I want to sculpt a world for you where you can play outside without gas masks, an ocean to swim in without toxins, and a thick lively forest for you to wander.

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” – The Lorax

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.

I want you to see those corn fields in the north, the beautiful beaches down in Florida, and the stars in the woods at night.

We loved hiking, camping, biking, swimming and playing as kids together.