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Maria Lisa Polegatto July 2024  Gardening is an act of love and caring—exactly what we needed to focus on. A garden requires a helping hand and some attention at stressful times. In other times its beauty comes from just letting it be. What a teacher it is. It symbolizes life, growth and rebirth Chris Adams (O’Brien, 2016 Chap 12.).
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Maria Lisa Polegatto June 2024  As a student in junior high and high school I would study by reading the materials over several times. Then I would ask my mom questions while she was in the kitchen cooking. She was always a great student to help me learn as we discussed the answers. I think I was practicing teaching while I was learning.
Maria Lisa Polegatto June 2024  “We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children” (O’Brien and Howard, 2020). Maria Lisa Polegatto June 2024  What is a living campus and living school? It is a place where “deep learning” happens when the entire school/campus/organization works together for the “well-being for all”, for “meaningful contact”, fundamental global growth, cultivating compassion of the “transformative mode of thinking” for “relationships and conversations (O’Brien, 2016) and flourishing on the “co-learning journey (O’Brien and Howard, 2020). This concept not only includes humans but also nature and species and their interconnectedness (O’Brien, 2016) instead of the narrow silo approach of traditional education (TEDxIowaCity, 2018).
Maria Lisa Polegatto June, 2024  Belfry, Gabarus Lake South, NS I resonate with Lyle (2023) in “Every seashell is a story: Re/humanizing education through lived and living Curriculum” and her use of poetic verse and time in nature to acquire and convey knowledge.
Without spending time in nature and learning its silent teachings, we can not recall what nature has to offer for our senses for better wellbeing and happiness, not to mention education. While I have sound machines to hear the rolling waves crashing on the shores when inside, it cannot replace within me the rest of the excitement of my senses to be in nature personally. Maria Lisa Polegatto June 2024  How do we practice positive sustainability for our individual wellbeing while at the same time focusing on human and environmental systems of sustainability? Spending time nature is a benefit for wellbeing, connecting and being sustainable.
Maria Lisa Polegatto May 2024  Nature is my happy place. From the moment I step outside into the fresh air, hear wildlife buzzing and chirping, see the clouds or clear blue sky, hear the water flowing in a brook or crashing on the ocean shore, in all seasons, it opens my view to the world of nature, and I feel more alive inside being outside.
Maria Lisa Polegatto May 2024  The fundamental goal of positive education is to promote flourishing or positive mental health within the school community (Moore, 2024). Maria Lisa Polegatto May 2024  Think back to all the things you did as a child that made you happy. Today, our world is changing and activities we did are different for youth. The 2024 World Happiness Report (WHR) suggests happiness in youth is in decline (Helliwell et al, 2024). We need to solve world issues, such as climate change, social, cultural, and educational issues, and yet we expect youth to be happy, have good well-being and practice sustainability.
Maria Lisa Polegatto May 2024  Follow Up to The Interconnectedness of Acorns, Ecosystems and Humanity |
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