Our Places, Our Future is the sixth collection of children's words and pictures to be published as part of Special Forever, a joint project of the Murray-Darling Basin Commission and the Primary English Teaching Association. In 1998 children from schools all over the Murray-Darling Basin have contributed their thoughts and visions of farm and town life; landscapes changed or left untouched by humans; animal and plant life; the influence of the past on life today, and of our present actions on the future. Their work touches on all aspects of life, from the humourous to the tragic. It shows a strong sense of place and a deep concern to preserve the best features of the Murray-Darling region for future generations. Whether purely imaginative or clear-eyed and anchored to the earth, these paintings, models, drawings, poems, stories and information pieces are full of freshness, energy and insights into a special region.
