To my friends’ children,

We can farm food now!
Leads to population growth.
Still manageable

Industrialize!
The message that kicks it off
Still under control

Revolutionize!
The great Acceleration
Anthropocene starts

Rising CO2
Extinction of great species
At the threshold now

Scarcity and death?
Or great collaboration?
We have the power

Power to stand up
We must exercise this right
To save our children

Trees regrow their leaves
Flowers come back at springtime
Bears leave their darkness

Humans must survive
We must listen to Nature
Save our true teachers

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Dear Great Grandchildren,

If you are reading this, you probably inherited my fascination with ancestry, and the way it uncovers incredible stories of unlikely survival.

Tratar de assuntos climáticos com responsabilidade no Brasil

Que se multipliquem estes novos heróis da Terra!

Dear children,

Despite all the difficulties, we are from a family whose principles are honesty and love for others, and that’s what I want to share with you.

Dear Sadie,

You are young and have a rich future ahead of you. I am retired and aiming for a high quality of cultural life and comfort with whatever time remains to me. I do not want to see a world whose elders sacrifice your future for their short-term needs and personal gain. So it’s up to you and me to speak out.

Dear Earth,

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

To my children,

I am working with 350.org on shutting down the coal and unconventional gas industries in our country because I cannot think of a more direct way to protect you, the food, water and biodiversity we all love and rely on.

Dear Leo,

Last week I took you to protest the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Dear Tom and Leena,

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.

Dear Tomorrow,

This is just the beginning. It’s the accrual of little seeds of change that will lead to the tree of revolution.

Dear Future Today,

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

Dear Tomorrow,

My climate promise is to reduce electricity at home. I will turn off the TV and lights when I’m not in the room.

Dear grand nieces and nephews,

I wish you this security knowing we changed because we love you.

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