Our Children’s Future is in Our Hands

A school is where kids learn the value of the environment and how to grow in it.
If we remove our children's connection with the earth that sustains them, they will be much lesser people. We must dispose of this idea indefinitely.

The African proverb says, “It takes a village to raise a child.” In our case, it takes a village square to make a village.

It would be a wasted opportunity to not take advantage of Michelle Obama’s great speech which emphasizes on children. It was a theme that was used by a number of other speakers at the convention she attended. This was further amplified by Tanya Plibersek during her visit to our schools.

Watch Michelle Obama's wonderful speech here.

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Unfortunately, these only seem to be thought of when the physical environment has deteriorated, forcing a severe change. It requires a visionary shift to realise that the regions are headed for an inefficient future that is already happening in the cities. We take for granted the great benefits of open space. We assume that these will continue and will be as available to people in the “new suburbs” as it is to us. It is no coincidence that many radical urban and suburban solutions are being developed in The Netherlands, a geographically confined and heavily populated country. We have a small window to rethink what will happen, and we should do so wisely. Otherwise, retrofitting solutions in the future will cost many multiples of what it would have originally cost to design …show more content…
It is our future, most especially our children’s, after all.

Alongside, improving the future is also in our hands. Should we let the past affect it? If you think it shouldn’t, then join the push for village squares, urban farms and creative spaces.

David Cameron said, “I was the future once.” For us, perhaps it is fitting to say, “We once could have been the future; sadly, we’ve chosen the