Brian Crawford, Architect

Dear humanity, This letter is intended for future generations who wonder what has happened to the people who inhabited these massive ruins we called modern cities. In my times, the earth was a different place: we had only begun to …Read more

Kenneth Kirkconnell, Unemployed

Two important things I was told in the days of ‘innocence,’ as I too was once a child. We are moving into a future where we will all become more of a number as opposed to someone with a name. …Read more

Dion Lewis, Scientist

Sorry. You know... For everything. I'm embarrassed, writing to you; civilized, knowledgeable, peaceful, happy, wise. My membership in time is an abhorrent way to be, can you transport me? Your history teaches that we were troglodytes who became territorial-squabbling-troglodytes. Trivial, …Read more

Raisa Haque, Student

To whomever this spreads love to: It is the year 5000. I am not quite sure where I am. I used to live a very secular and isolated life in this broken town but all that has changed. The militarian …Read more

Catrina Bean, Student

Dear young one, I hope and pray that you grow up to love and care for not only the people that bless your life, but the land and Earth that you share with them as well. Technology is making leaps …Read more

David Ehrenfeld, Rutgers Professor of Biology, Author

To Our Descendants, I'll make this short, because you are probably busy getting ready for the winter. I live in what you may call The Age of Wasted Cheap Energy, although I'm sure you have nastier terms to describe our …Read more

Arlene Williams, Writer

I hope you are alive. I have to admit that you may not survive. Every day that we warm this Earth without changing our technology, your chances are getting slimmer. If you are alive, I fear that the conditions you …Read more

Carol Talmage, Retired from Human Services

Dear future generations, On what we have done in the 20th century: Technology before wisdom, greed before love, wealth before compassion. Too much, too big – unless you have nothing. Oil spills, plastic pervades, species disappear. Climate changes, ice melts, …Read more

Will Lineberger Eskridge, Painter

At the time of this writing, it is hard not to imagine that your world is a post-apocalyptic mess completely dissolved of natural resources, with very few animals, vegetation or the in-between organisms. We could also assume that there is …Read more

Megan Abbanat, Student

Dear Future Earth Inhabitants, Once upon a time, there was a land where the grass was plush and green, the oceans as blue as the sky, a sky that was a vibrant hue of blue. There were rich, diverse forests …Read more

Natasha von Kaenel, Writer

Dear li'l one, To be honest, I used to think about you a lot more. When I was younger, I remember getting furious at the adults for not doing more to prevent climate change, not protecting our planet for the …Read more

Alec Binyon, Business Owner, Poet

Binyon Family Survivors, I lived in a time of staggering arrogance, when humanity was mentally ill. Since we discovered oil, our numbers have multiplied seven fold, we've destroyed half of the world's forests, poisoned the oceans, and changed life on …Read more

Kim Stanley Robinson, Author, Nebula and Hugo Award Winner

Dear Great-Great-Grandchildren, I’ve been worried about you for a long time. For years it’s seemed like all I could say to you was, “Sorry, we torched the planet and now you have to live like saints.” Not a happy message. …Read more

Joey Garcia, Author, Advice Columnist

Dear Ones, I am writing to ask for forgiveness and understanding. More accurately, I want to explain how our relationship with Earth went terribly, terribly wrong during my lifetime. At the 2015 Paris Climate Talks, the differences between Earth’s needs …Read more

Ginny McReynolds, Writer, Retired Dean

Dear Future Friends, I am writing this just three months before the Paris Summit, the UN Climate Change Conference of 2015, when the nations of the world will finally make a commitment to reduce global emissions. I know when you …Read more