Jerry Banfield

Will you believe that all of the worst problems in the world including climate change, war, crime, poverty, hate, unemployment, starvation, and corruption have one simple solution completely within our control? For most of my life, I felt like my individual effort to help the world be a better place was irrelevant with over 7 billion people living on earth. My personal choices felt irrelevant in the big picture because who cared if I tried to live better by saving a few gallons of water or reducing my CO2 emissions or eating a little bit less meat? Now I see that my decisions have a ripple effect that impact every other person on earth. Who I am, what I think, and how I act is based almost completely on what I have learned from others meaning that when I change what I do, that has an impact on everyone around me. Each choice I make today I see as important to helping fix all of the challenges we face as a human race. When I unconditionally love others, I do my part to reduce hate and discrimination. As