Through visual images and stories of young people in these countries, the documentary explores what young people are deciding about families and their future. High levels of consumption in the developed world may cause more damage to the environment than population growth in developing nations. Rapidly growing populations affect how humans interact with the environment and use its resources. Although death rates have fallen in much of the world, sheer numbers are still growing rapidly because so many of the world's people are young and bearing children. This is called population momentum.
Family planning is an important element in efforts to stabilize population growth.
Where women have education and access to job opportunities, they tend to have fewer and healthier children. Rapid population growth is correlated with high unemployment and poverty. Our choices and actions today will have a profound effect on the future of people 50 years from now and the sustainability of Earth. Revealing that half of the world's population is under the age of 25, the film emphasizes that the decisions young adults make regarding how many children to have will be a critical factor in shaping life on Earth during the next 50 years. Through visual images and stories of young people in these countries, the documentary explores what young people are deciding about families and their future.