“I knew you would want to know how the future turned out. You got so anxious about climate change as we grew older.  By coming back, I thought I could help you with that.”

I can now see that the solutions are there, that a transition of the magnitude that is needed, is possible.

It was 2020, the year I realized that life is fragile—not just mine, but the entire planet—through immense consumption, pollution, greediness, ignorance, false bliss. This wasn’t the way I wanted to live my life, so I promise to actively make the change.

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

Pedimos que vocês procurem fazer como nós e continuem essa luta de colaborar com nosso planeta: evitando o consumo exagerado, usando a tecnologia para o bem, plantando árvores, economizando água e poluindo menos.

I hope that humans can live harmoniously with the earth.

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

Com essas ideias simples e força de vontade, podemos tornar um mundo, um lugar melhor para se viver, com menos mortes, menos lixo, transforma-lo em um mundo diferente.

This Mother’s Day I am again thinking of my grandsons future and what I am doing to change the world if only by a small fraction.

I promise to make as many changes to my life as possible to make yours as great as mine.