A futures literate society is both more innovative and more cohesive, because it is better able to find common ground in action towards desirable futures.

To create an ecologically and socially sustainable world, we will need to be able to both adapt to change, and create radical change. This can only succeed as shared endeavors. Such endeavors can only be born out of collective processes where alternative futures are imagined, envisioned, discussed, amended, before resulting in actions. In turn, these actions will open new possibilities and generate new uncertainties, requiring the process of “futuring” and acting to work as a kind of continuous loop.

We humans always anticipate. The generations to come will need, more than ever, to better understand their anticipation processes and learn to use the future to navigate their world.

This publication will guide you through an introduction to Futures Literacy and the different ways you can use it, with a special focus on the impact for young people.