I commit to you to change one thing a year in our lifestyle to live more environmentally friendly.

Surrounded by scientists who shared my fears and visions, I often had a hard time to accept that outside our small community climate change received marginal attention.

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.

We can learn a lot about how to treat others from stories that have been passed from generation to generation.

In the coming months, we plan to complete a full assessment of our environmental impact online. We hope to discover our biggest areas of resource consumption, learn what we can do better, and create an action plan to improve over the next year.

This is just the beginning. It’s the accrual of little seeds of change that will lead to the tree of revolution.

When you look at me with those big beautiful eyes and that innocent smile, you make me want to fight harder. And I do.

I want you to know that some of us do care and we are working towards a better future for you.

We as the human race are smarter than this struggle at hand and need to rise above large corporate interests and confusion on this topic.

Dear tomorrow, thank you for letting me ride the wave of wonder that reaches toward you for all generations of all species to come.

I promise that I will plant more trees in places where there are none.