I do volunteer restoration work at two sites near where I live. Basically we plant native plants and pull out non-native plants. It's the tiniest drop in the bucket, but it matters to birds and fish and turtles and frogs, some of which have no where else to go. And maybe these places and the efforts people put into them will spark something in a schoolkid here or there, and lead them to care.

I also donate to the local foodbank and rescue mission when I can. I wish I could do more for people, directly. I've been a reading tutor in the past. But I'm an ecologist, so I work where my heart is, and hope it matters.