• Energy

Will COVID Finally Get Millennials to Buy Cars?

• car-sharing
• cars
• internal combustion vehicles
• Millennial Consumers
• Millennials

by Natasha Lasky, ODP Contributing Writer Millennials have been the least likely to buy cars of any generation — in fact, before the COVID-19 pandemic, they were about 29 percent less likely than those in Gen X to purchase a car. But the pandemic has made car ownership of “COVID cars” more desirable, according to […]

• Politics

Young Voters Rank Climate #1 Voting Issue, Will the Political Parties Take Note?

• 2020
• climate voters
• GenZ
• Millennials

The issue that young American voters care about most is climate change, according to a new study by the Cause and Social Influence Initiative.

But are Democrats doing all that they can to convince these voters that their party will truly make climate action a priority?

• People

Millennials Week Recap

• Millennials

We wanted to thank all of our interviewees this week for their thoughtful answers about why they’re fighting for our planet and more equitable circumstances for all people. This generation often gets accused of being entitled and self-centered but this interview series has shown that the challenges they’re actively trying to solve are not only […]

• Sustainability

Millennials Opt to Rent Their Clothes, Forcing Change in the Fashion Industry

• fast fashion
• Millennials
• sustainable fashion

Clothing rental services like Rent the Runway and Le Tote are growing in popularity and an increasing number of retailers are introducing these options to reflect the way Millennials and GenZ customers are choosing to purchase (or not purchase) clothes. Rather than owning clothing that goes out of style in a season or two, renting […]

• Climate Change

For Millennials, the Climate Crisis Is An Area of Bipartisan Agreement

• bipartisan
• climate change
• democrats
• generations
• Millennials
• Republicans

Millennial voters do not agree on all issues, but one issue on which Millennial conservatives and liberals do see eye to eye is climate change. Climate change is increasingly bridging the Republican-Democrat divide as it moves behind politics and emerges as a human issue.

• Politics

Reality is Shaping Millennials’ Views on Climate Politics

• climate change
• Millennials

Younger generations are prioritizing climate change as a political issue regardless of political affiliation, despite the fact that older generations have always considered it “second-tier.” Millennials are not only hearing and learning more about the impacts of climate change – they are feeling its consequences in their everyday lives. They view climate change as an […]