The Top 5 Reasons Why Millennials Will Save Us All

5. Changing the World

These young folks care about everything. We recycled, but these kids are into eco-friendly, sustainable, organic, non-GMO foods, fair trade products, and electric automobiles, just for starters. They won’t stop until entire cities run on a combination of sunlight, wind, and unicorn flatulence. Millennials aren’t content with slowing the rate at which we harm the world around us. They’re dedicated to reversing what they perceive as past wrongs. Over 84% of Millennials donate to charity, and 70% of them spend real time volunteering to help their community. Although the selfie-generation is justly criticized for being overly narcissistic, they are also pros at social networking, and therefore, at bringing community involvement to a new level. My oldest daughter, the last demographic age group of Millennials, teamed up with a friend to start a non-profit animal rescue in our hometown where they were featured on the local news. These types of actions are just part of the norm as far as they’re concerned.

With constant threats facing us today, and a growing sense of unease about the direction our world is going, we need to move past the warrior mentality of the Greatest Generation, the big spending habits of the Baby Boomers, and the apathetic dismissiveness of my fellow Generation Xers. Maybe the tech savvy, caring, selfie-loving nerds of the Millennial generation is just what this planet needs.