kk115+Improving+Our+World

=Environment 2.0=

===Imagine a world where nobody cared about anything. Would you want to live there? Anne Frank once said, "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." If everybody contributed help to something or someone, without a single moment to think, the world would be a better, improved place. The planet can never be a perfect place, there will always be a side of improving and destroying, but if everybody improved the world in some way, it can be close to perfect.===

===Teaching others what you know is one way people can improve the world. In the book //Holes//, Stanley teaches Zero, otherwise known as Hector, how to read and write. Giving the gift of knowledge to someone can improve someone's life. That person can even go teach someone else how to do what they learned. Also in the book, Sam the Onion Man, gives his juice to protect his townspeople from rattlesnakes and yellow-spotted lizards. People can also improve the world by learning from their mistakes. Stanley's father, for example, tried to recycle old shoes into something useful, and instead created a shoe deodorant. After a couple mistakes and an angry landlord, Stanley's father finally made something useful.===

===Taking responsibility to solve a problem is improving the world too. In the movie, "Duke", an abandoned dog named Duke is rescued off the streets by a stranger. Being rescued changed the dog's life, the world also had one less lonely dog and one more loving household. Once Duke was brought home, the daughter and the wife was so happy. All of this was based on a true event. This man saved a dog, what can you do? You can always pick up trash, give the homeless money, and more to improve the world.===

===Becoming involved in the community is also another way to improve the world. I once volunteered in a soup kitchen, and the happy, full smiles of the eaters made me feel so helpful. My friend once volunteered in an animal shelter, which I presume made her feel great as well. I've also been to a retirement home where all the elderly were so excited that someone had come to visit them. Our family spent the day playing cards, reading stories, and even in some cases painting their nails with the elderly. No matter who or what you help, you're improving the world.===

===I wonder what the world would be like if everybody was helping each other. People walking their neighbor's dog. Kids raking up leaves in people's backyards. It would be like a chain of improvements. Yes, maybe you don't favor being a helper, but at least try to make your environment newer and improved. Think of it as updating your surroundings to 2.0. It'll truly be wonderful if nobody need wait a single moment to improve the world.===