Here in California we’re starting to recognize our climate changing the natural world around us.

I hope that we manage to change the system really soon, while there is still time. So that you are not left with the mess, and trying to fix something that you didn’t cause. I hope we figured out a way to be kind, and caring for others who will suffer more than us. A way to let go of the greed and look at ways we can help others rather than take from them.

I hope that the fervor that is building continues to build and spread and that the world has made progress to minimize the effects of our past actions.

I have to tell you something: it is so hard to keep our life “green” for now, but we still keep trying.

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

I want you to be prepared for the world that the generations before you are creating for you. I love you Lucienne, and I will not give up. I will push you and teach you not to give up, either, even if others around you do.

I know I need to write this to you, and I don’t want to because it makes me so sad. I have been desperately avoiding my feelings about climate change, for many years, but especially and with greater intensity every year since you were born.

I believe i have truly played my part in raising awareness and practical solutions to climate change.