If there is any advice I could give you, it is to believe that although you are one single person in this world, you still have the ability to make a difference in this world.

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.

Here’s the biggest secret: I KNOW it will have. We may not realize how, but we have changed the world.

I look at my baby niece today. The newest member of our family, just 3 days old. What will be left for her and her grandchildren?

My promise is to work to protest carbon emissions.

Be assured that in the upcoming election, I will cast my vote for your future – for elected officials that recognize climate risks and are willing to promote and vote for legislation that will stop environmental damage and begin to heal our planet.

I promise that I shall continue to do all that is within my capabilities to leave you a world where there is fairness and justice.

And, if this summer has taught me anything, I am content (because I have to be) living in this limbo, this seemingly endless waiting for the opportunity to change, when really the opportunity exists within our very selves all along.

We can all be aware and sensitized to the problem, so that we are ready to embrace the solutions that will come our way. In doing so, we can all be part of the solution.

Be fearless – do not be afraid to talk to each other and do not be afraid to fail.