Dear Future Self,

You are currently in 2020 with a pandemic going on. The world is crazy right now and you are currently trapped in the house, kind of going insane, but keeping it together. I really miss the outside world! Everyone is keeping a 6 feet distance from each other and staying inside their home. It is a sad time, but on a positive note, mother nature is thriving.

Since the majority of everyone is staying indoors, there is less driving, not many people traveling and no cruises/boats. This is showing a major change throughout the world. With people not being able to work and man factories closing down for quarantine, there is less air pollution. Some countries can finally see sights that they have not seen in a while. The fog has finally stopped covering the beautiful views. It is insane to see the major impact human activities have on climate change. We are the problem with climate change and after a month or more of being on lockdown around the world, the change has been tremendous towards mother nature. Carbon dioxide emissions have been decreased due to COVID.

I hope by 2050, by the time I receive this letter, we had helped the Earth tremendously. I hope to see us decrease the emission of greenhouse gases. I will promise to take action by reusing my bag whenever I go grocery shopping. I will be more mindful of everything I do. I will put more thought into transportation and continue to carpool. I will try my best to help make the Earth be better, safer, and healthy.

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Dear fellow human,

May my tomorrow include more attention to these details so that you know that I do care.

To my darling ones,

And it’s not that I don’t care. I care deeply. For you three, and the families I hope you will have one day; for the many beautiful places I have had the privilege to know, places which take my breath away, that fill my heart with a bursting joy and connectedness to something so much greater than I, places I know may be quite different when you are my age

Dear 2050,

Our planet is crazy. I pledge to be an innovator to make sustainable living real.

For my most dear and only daughter,

And I know life more fully because of you whom I live on through.

Dear Maret,

Right now I want to be hopeful. Right now I want to think that we took action to ensure this beautiful future for you.

Queridos nietas/nietos,

Creo que debo hacer más. Por ello, he decidido escribir esta breve carta para empezar un proceso en el que vaya escribiendo más cartas, conforme vaya teniendo más claridad de mis posibles contribuciones.

To Annika, Anders, Stella, Eva, and Mickey,

In writing to you, I realize that I don’t want you to be hard on yourself if you choose to not make this your cause. But it is mine, so I hope that you hold me accountable to some of what I wrote here.

Dear Tanuj,

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

Dear future Michelle,

As consumers, it is our duty to protest and force companies to be greener and avoid environmental damage, whether they are from the food industry or from any other production industry. It’s about time we start thinking greener.

To my grandchildren’s children,

I became an activist to be part of a force to save the natural world and go 100% clean energy.

Dear future 82-year old me,

29 years later, I wish I still can ride bike and go some lovely places in nature. Sky is blue and air is fresh, I will be shining under the sun.

Dear Maya,

Maya, my love, I promise to be courageous. I promise that when I face a decision, I will think of how it will impact you and your future. I promise that I’ll also step outside my individual decisions and add my weight to the forces that shift culture and systems.

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