Future learning spaces depend wholeheartedly on what resources we have today. Oil is already one of the sources that globally has been depleted to the point where it has gotten more expensive cause it is hard to come by. In the same way, educational resources are heading in the same direction, namely due to the fact many people are unaware of where their technology comes from or how rare materials are!
With technology evolving more rapidly than ever, it has worked its way quite quickly into educational institutions. Schools are no different and have been open to the implementations of computers, laptops, and iPad’s among many of the most popular. Learning spaces of the future will encase more technology and will have students learn in more virtual ways than before.
However if sustainability problems of today show us anything, it is that shortage of resources is an ongoing problem, and in turn it will impact our schools. There are many rare element that our earth provides to us that without knowledge of it, we can take for granted. Continued use of our depleting sources will ensure that in time to come, none of it will be left (Rare Earth Technology Alliance, 2013). Furthermore, children of today and the future need to comprehend that beyond water, food and energy, our earth harnesses resources that we use in our technology and if we wish to continue, we have to reconsider how it is used. While we can take from our planet, we also have to nurture and give back to sustain ourselves.
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