“Eighty years from now, our grandchildren can yell, 'Hey Zoomers."”

— Alexandria Villaseñor

For young people, two defining events: COVID-19 and climate change, by Laura Parker, National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/04/gen-z-pandemic-will-define-formative-years-coronavirus-climate-change/ ( 28 April 2020)

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