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This ritual is in line with advice often given by Jamil Zaki, the director of the Stanford Social Neuroscience Laboratory.
“I tell people to think globally and hope locally, focusing on actions within their community where they can see the difference they are making,” said Dr. Zaki, who wrote the book “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.” Part of building hope, he added, “is seeing the difference between the world you’re in and the world you want.”
Picking up trash, Moran told me, is “incredibly satisfying,” as it combines helping the environment, mindfulness and the joy of decluttering on a large scale. And when you see the evidence, of, say, a party in the park, “you get the gossip of what’s been going on in your neighborhood,” she said.
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