Generation We: How Millennial Youth are Taking Over America And Changing Our World Forever (Paperback)

~ Eric Greenberg (Author), Karl Weber (Author), DesignPool (Illustrator)
Key Phrases: youth turnout, United States, Democracy Corps, Greatest Generation (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review

In my travels around the world, I have been very impressed by today's young people. They are smart, caring, creative, and generous. I share the hope expressed by Greenberg and Weber that this new generation will help re-orient our planet and conquer the problems of poverty, war, and pollution that currently plague it. -Muhammad Yunus, Founder of Grameen Bank and Co-Winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize

Energy, health care, national security, the environment--these are just some of the issues where Americans are hungry for solutions rather than slogans and posturing. I see hope in the fact that, as Greenberg and Weber detail in this important book, America's next generation will be prepared to help lead the search for real answers.-U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate

We live in amazing times--times of looming crisis as well as incredible opportunity. Tens of millions of young people around the world are eager for change and looking for ways to employ their unprecedented levels of knowledge, talent, and energy. Greenberg and Weber’s GENERATION WE offers a roadmap for the revolutionary movement the Millennials are ready to launch.-Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org

For too long, Americans have allowed themselves to be divided--liberal against conservative, rich against poor, race against race--while the challenges we face have gone unmet. It's time for a new politics based on innovation and a shared commitment to the greater good, and Greenberg and Weber explain how American youth are ready to help make it happen.-Tom Daschle, Former Majority Leader of the United States Senate

In a political world poisoned by cynicism and spin, the idealism, optimism, commitment, and energy of the Millennial generation offer an inspiring antidote. With their independent thinking and their readiness to abandon the partisan wars we've been fighting for too long, today's young people are poised to lead a worldwide revolution. Generation We captures this transformational moment with insight and clarity.-Arianna Huffington, founder, The Huffington Post

Product Description

In the last three years, the Millennial Generation has emerged as a powerful political and social force. Currently including 95 million young people born between 1978 and 2000, the Millennials are the largest generation in history. They are also the first post-ideological, post-political, and post-partisan generation, and they are spearheading a period of sweeping change in America and around the world.

Generation We explores the emerging power of the Millennial Generation, shows how they (and their supporters from other generations) are poised to change our nation and our world for the better, and lays out a powerful plan for progressive change that today s youth is ready to implement. Generation We presents for the first time the results of a major research study into the characteristics of the Millennial Generation, including an in-depth survey of 2,000 individuals and a series of twelve geographically- and demographically-diverse focus groups, all sponsored by author Eric Greenberg and conducted by Gerstein | Agne Strategic Communications, one of the most respected research organizations in the United States. It s the essential guide to the values, dreams, and enormous potential of the Millennials, and could serve as a spark to help kindle the coming youth movement that will restore the damaged American dream.

The young members of Generation We are inheriting a world rife with war, environmental degradation, dysfunctional health and educational systems, dangerous dependence on fossil fuels and foreign oil, creeping totalitarianism, diminished civil rights, and a fragile economy. Generation We believes that we must innovate our way out of this complex set of problems, discovering and implementing solutions that will work on a global scale and we need to do it soon.

Generation We suggests an agenda by which today s youth can help lead an American renaissance. As Greenberg and Weber show, the best way to launch the Millennial revolution is with Project FREE, a massive scientific and industrial program to move America beyond fossil fuels by inventing the next generation of non-carbon based energy a program that will save the environment, end our dependence on foreign oil, create millions of jobs, and jump-start a massive economic boom. Project FREE could be one of humankind s greatest achievements and a proud legacy for the Millennial generation.

Generation We also answers the question, What can I do to help turn this vision of a better America into reality? It offers a list of specific steps citizens of any age can take to help promote the progressive ideals and program outlined in the book. Generation We is the book that can inspire a generation to achieve new heights of greatness, allowing Americans to take back control of our lives, our communities, our country, and our future. NEW! Generation We has won the Montaigne Medal for most thought provoking book.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Pachatusan; 1 edition (October 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0982093101
• ISBN-13: 978-0982093108
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #48,909 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

  #26 in	Books > Nonfiction > Politics > Human Rights
  #46 in	Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Research

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Explanation of New Generation Coming of Age, October 18, 2008

By	Jeffersonian "Social Optimist" (Northern California) - See all my reviews

Generation We imparts an objective understanding of the Millenials, the 95M Americans born between 1978 and 2000. It gives us a reason to be optimistic about our future, as the book explains how the generation is driven by the greater good and a strong sense of mission and urgency to fix the world they are inheriting.

The book outlines with great sobriety and candor the world which has been left for the youth to inherit, but it also outlines a suggested agenda from which the youth can reclaim the American dream. It talks of the unification of the youth with the legacy bearers, caring parents, justice seekers, and concerned citizens to begin a path of reparation. The book chronicles several times in history where great changes have been achieved, such as the enlightenment, industrial revolution, abolition of slavery, American independance, and the civil rights movement. It inspires by letting people know how they can make change happen as part of their lives.

The book culminates with a rousing epilogue modeled after the Declaration of Independance that provides the basis for making changes happen and specific items that society should address to restore the American birthright.

What is most heartening about the book is the notion that this generation is post-partisan, and they are thinking alike, as political independants, in a way that makes the ideal of working together a real possibility.

The coming together of the youth is further enhanced by examples of young leaders that are living the example. The book is supported by an immense amount of data and research with beautiful graphics. In fact, the entire book is in color, with stunning photography, infographics, and inspiring quotations and iconography.

A true work of art that not only eloquently presents its data and message, but please the visual senses.

Bravo!

2.0 out of 5 stars Okay book, November 25, 2009

By	Merry Principal - See all my reviews

The book was okay. Interesting. It takes a very positive view of the millennials. Reminiscent of Howe & Strauss.

4.0 out of 5 stars great infomation, May 20, 2009

By	Linda V. Campbell "taco12" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great information to make decisions about America's future. Most people won't read this and it is a shame.