We can all change the world. It starts in our immediate environment. It's easy to blame politicians, but each and every one of us is responsible for our actions. We are all pixels that together form a picture. If you change one of them, the whole picture changes, so we have to start cleaning up our own backyard before we start complaining about others.

The most important contribution each of us can make to our society is not to solve a specific problem, but to motivate more and more people to want to change the world. Each of us can look around us and look for opportunities. Our best chance of solving the world's most pressing problems is to increase society's ability to adapt to change in an intelligent and constructive way.

If you really don't care, keep going your own way and think only of yourself. But don't complain about others. But is there really nothing that bothers you in your environment? It's so easy to change the world with small gestures, gestures that are guaranteed to mean a lot to yourself and the people around you.

Here I show you some methods to make our world a better world that cost nothing but a little time and consideration.

• Help older people to carry their shopping home.
• Set the table at home for the whole family.
• Prepare a meal for all the flatmates.
• Dispose of your rubbish in the bin where it belongs.
• Offer people your help when they are strangers.
• Explain the way to people if they don't know their way around.
• Sit with a homeless person and give them half of your sandwich.
• Take the time to talk to him.
• Plant flowers where others can see them.
• Don't drive to work alone, but look for or offer a lift. www.mitfahrzentrale.de
• Bring flowers or biscuits for your colleagues.
• Give someone a compliment.
• Offer to look after your neighbour's plants while they are on holiday.
• Say thank you to your parents for everything they do for you.
• Give a friend a hug.
• Tell your children how much you love them.
• Thank someone who has had a positive influence on your life.
• Rekindle an old friendship. Write a letter or an email.
• Always unplug your chargers when you are not using them. An estimated 90% of all energy used by chargers is wasted.
• Pick up rubbish as you walk through the streets.
• Separate the rubbish at the workplace too.
• Ditch plastic bags if you can.
• Replace your light bulbs with energy-saving bulbs and switch off the light when you don't need it.
• Turn off the tap while you brush your teeth.
• Say something nice to everyone you meet.
• Smile at other people.
• Donate blood.
• Leave your parking space to someone else.
• Let the person behind you in the supermarket go first if they buy less than you.
• Listen to a friend in need.
• Offer yourself as a babysitter for the children of young parents.
• Don't look the other way if someone is being harassed or robbed.
• Visit a sick person.
• Give your worn-out clothes or other items to someone who can use them.