Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-301) and index.
1. A planet in transition: challenges and opportunities -- 2. Enhancing our foresight: towards a knowledge-base for creative futures teaching -- 3. Resisting gendered and violence-condoning images of the future in young people's media -- 4. Actively listening to young people's dreams and fears about the future -- 5. Reconceptualising literacy -- 6. Becoming aware of cultural editing -- 7. Building our vocabularies of hope -- 8. Educating for sustainable futures and cultures of peace -- 9. Some places to begin practical journeys of hope.