To save the big world, perhaps, we should change the mind from myself to my small family to my community.

I don’t know your name
or even if you’re alive,
but I’m doing all I can
to make sure you survive.

I’m your great- great grandmother
who lived a century ago
in a world far different
from the one you must know.

I want you to be able to bring your kids to Tahoe and experience the same clarity that you had as a child.

This is our house.

People are an amazing race and, if we have the will, I believe we have the ingenuity and resources to fix the harm we’ve done.

I want you to feel awestruck like I do. It is important to feel small sometimes, to feel the weight of reality, to recognize the scale of a challenge, to see where you fit and what you are up against. This is the case with climate change.

My promise is to continue to dedicate my life, my business, and my future to creating cultures that embrace environmental action not only for our own good, but the good of the countless other species hurting from climate change.

It’s never too late to make a difference. Our actions have very real consequences. We can educate ourselves, learn from our mistakes, and take action. We can hold companies like big oil and big plastic accountable for their negative impacts on the environment. We can educate ourselves and others about what causes climate change and what actions we as individuals can take to lower our carbon footprints.

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

The time has come to question ourselves as citizens about our own actions and the legacy we are leaving behind.

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