Maybe you heard about bats? Bats, the carriers of this disease that spread among us like wild fire. I love bats. When I was your age today, sitting in the evening on the back terrace of your grandparent’s home in Ibiza, hundreds of bats would play, dance and sing among the trees.

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

I hope that things have cooled down. I hope that people and governments have come together to save our earth. I hope that everyone is able to breath clean air, drink clean water and see the beauty in nature that I do. I promise to do my best to take part in repairing the damage we’ve done so that my hopes may come true.

Remember how passionate you felt at 20, I hope you keep that passion in you and are still working on climate 30 years from now.

I will keep the air clean so everyone can see the sunset.

It’s my hope that the following will be helpful as you navigate your futures.  These are the confessions of a climate activist:

So today, my strong and spunky girl, I promise you this: I will stay vigilant and flexible. I will spread the word.