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Making Learning Matter: Motivation, Meaning, and the Way We Teach

22/4/2026

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Maria Lisa Polegatto                                                                              April 22, 2026
How you learn matters
Today I was listening to a radio discussion, on education and how to motivate students to attend and engage in school—how to help young people not just show up, but actually connect with learning. It made me reflect on my own experience in school.

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​From Toy to Training Tool: Rethinking Everyday Objects on the Kabota Trail

19/4/2026

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Maria Lisa Polegatto                                                                                                              April 19, 2026
Wendy's Kid's Meal Toy
Wendy's Kid's Meal Toy
It started simply—turning off the main road, into the park, onto Trail Kubota, and continuing toward the winding stretch of the Wildlife Trail. In a region defined by waterways like the Salmon River and Mira River, the connection between land, water, and human activity is never far away. A place where nature  replaces pavement, and awareness replaces routine.

Somewhere along the way, a small object changed meaning.

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Give the World a Break: Food, Collaboration, Sustainable Future

16/4/2026

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Maria Lisa Polegatto                                                                                                                  April 16, 2026

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Take a KitKat break, change the world.

Recent headlines—such as the theft of approximately 12 tonnes (over 400,000 units) of KitKat chocolate bars during transport from Italy to Poland—highlights unusual but telling events within global supply chains (Reuters, 2026).

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Deep Dive with Whales: Environmental Harm, Green Criminology, and Ocean Justice

10/4/2026

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Whale Fall in Port Hood, Nova Scotia 2019
Whale fall I attended in Cape Breton, NS
Whales are among the most intelligent and socially complex marine mammals on Earth. Despite this, they face increasing pressure from human activity, including industrial shipping, pollution, and large-scale environmental change (World Wildlife Fund, n.d.; International Whaling Commission, n.d.). 

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