I don't know how much I can change the world, but I volunteer on a regular basis to raise money for my local food bank and humane society. I am a big subscriber to the "think globally, act locally" plan.

i teach.

I ate all the food on my plate. I didn't want to waste any. Really though, I have started recycling all my plastic bottles.

I be the best person I can be.

I don't know if it's making the world better, but it's helping my family. We planted a huge garden and are planning on using that and our hunted game as our food source, being all organic now, instead of processed and over priced!;)

Use a cloth/recyclable shopping bag. Ride my bicycle instead of use a car. Take public transportation to work. Recycle plastic, aluminum, milk cartons, and PET bottles.

I signed up with "Democrats Work" to clean up local parks this weekend. http://democratswork.org/ Democrats Work is a non-profit run by the Democratic Party that donates time volunteering in local communities.

I help a series of seven orphanges run by the Bali Protestant church in Indonesia, together with the projects run to help urban and country poor on the island. We started off just by visiting one of the orphanages when we were there, with our friend who is a local minister. Things were pretty basic...if you get my drift. I thought we could do something. So, 13 years ago, we set up pages on our website to publicise the orphanages, and encourage tourists visiting the island to drop in, take some gifts, maybe sponsor a child, or even to think of doing something bigger. Now we have a number of churches and individuals throughout Australia co-ordinating aid to the orphanages, and are also in touch with many others who are working with other organisations in Bali that work with the poor. We petition companies for samples, unclaimed orders, seconds etc of clothing, school supplies etc. We collect toys and second hand clothing. We bring back arts and crafts from Bali when we go and sell them here to raise money for projects, and we publicise, publicise, publicise. We are pleased to say that conditions in the orphanages are pretty good now, but we don't rest on our laurels, as new children are always coming in, buildings fall into disrepair, the economy sours in Indonesia and so on. The Western Australians have set up a foundation overseen by their church treasurer, to collect all sponsorship money in Australia, and send it up collectively once a month. They are also computerising all the orphanage records, and establishing good financial records, so that, soon, the foundation will be tax deductible. In the meantime, I also send excess donations to other parts of the world. Whenever I hear of someone going to anywhere near a contact of mine, I ask if they can take a few kilos of supplies. In this way, we have distributed over 20 000 pencils, clothing, shoes, pens and toys to as many places round the world including Chile, Samoa, Moldova, Thailand, Myanmar, Tanzania, Malawi, Lesotho,Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan. And we are not wealthy...it only takes a strong will and a bit of nouse, and you can set up a lifeline to one area. My statement is "I cannot save the world, but I can start with one child."

Bought another canvas bag at the grocery store so that's one less plastic bag I will have to use.

Five(5) times a month I work on my weekends as a counselor with inner city youth....Voluntarily.