Martin Luther King Jr. gave America the dream of black and white people working together. He knew it would be hard work, but he had the courage to share that dream with the nation. That dream has nearly been accomplished, and it is time for America to look for another dream.

Our world's environment is being damaged more every day. A dream to not only slow down global warming but also make our environment cleaner (by planting trees and working together) is a little far fetched, but Martin Luther King's dream was also a little far fetched to some people.

The Amazon rainforest is estimated to vanish by 2080. I'll probably still be alive then. The Himalayan glaciers are melting so fast they could disappear by 2035. Will my kids never see an example of what carved our Utah mountains? The condition of our world scares me, and it is time that we dream, and then work toward cleaning up our messy world.

America already knows that it is capable of making big dreams come true.

Hannah Brodke

Salt Lake City