Simply.put, this generation has drifted from what should be seen, held and managed to wasting resources. You are 101% right with your premise, I think I would buy into it.
What may seem to be trouble for one end may not necessarily affect another? Hence, the time to set what is right is evident in outstanding what experiences play before our faces.
To further close the gap, individuals and society can learn bow to tolerate one another through an experience of wahala elsewhere.