Over 4,000 young people from 88 countries reveal trends in youth culture to help us understand our planetary future. Discover the values and religious beliefs of Generations Y and Z, based on their own voices rather than adult conclusions from multiple-choice surveys. This book includes futurists' projections of significant global trends and application of youth values and tactics to recent environmental and other movements.

Chapter 1: A Global Generation

Youth Characteristics; Academic Ageism; Get to Know Eva, Abel, Sahar and Yuan; Glocal Hybrid Youth Culture; Global Media Influence, Global Tends Shaping Our Future; How Youth Will Change the Future

Chapter 2: Generation Gap

Teenaging of Culture vs. War on Kids; Academics' Viewpoint; A Current Generation Gap? Helicopter Parents Push School Success; What Youths Think About Adults

Chapter 3: Traditional Values

Critics of Modern Values and Stress; Traditional Rural vs. Modern Urban Values; Conflicting Values; Respect for Elders; Traditional Values in First Generation Immigrant Youth; Youth More Family-Focused

Chapter 4:Modern Values

Morally Lax and Relativistic?; Cultural Developmental Stages Change Values; Individualism vs. Collective Values; Modern Cultural Creatives; Values in Traditional Muslim Countries; Youth Value Education, Service and Career but Are Anxious

Chapter 5: Religious Beliefs

Religious Beliefs; Questions About God; Life Purpose; Meaning of Suffering; Youth Participation in Organized Religions: Comments about Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism and Animism; Spirituality

Chapter 6: Applied Values: Youth Environmental Activists are Brave Revolutionaries

Environmental and Gun Control Activists