Earth’s people have so many needs it can seem impossible to believe our efforts can make a meaningful difference. As soon as we clean up or improve one problem, another one pops up. You and I are only here for a short time. We barely make a dent.
When I was in college I worked evenings at the Des Moines Register. The desk I shared with one of the reporters had this story about saving the starfish taped to her computer. I…