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In this interview Nate Misra speaks with Erin Baldwin about her eco-teams initiative and the impact it has had on the community. She elaborates on her successful implementation of Lewin's model into a practical use.

Nathan (28) interviews his dad, David (72) about climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts within their family, neighborhood, state, and country. Efforts include individual- and neighborhood-level actions, as well as more systemic changes.

Jordon Horton walks Elkin Bayraktar through a social approach to transformative behavior due to the climate crisis. In the interview, the idea of involving social action as well as engaging the youth in such practices is explored.

Brian(56) and Isabella (22) discussed the steps Brian's neighborhood took to help achieve carbon neutrality.

Maitreyi and Jillian discuss what it means to be sustainable in a semi-rural community, reinvigorated transportation systems, and raising chickens in your own backyard.

Caleb Geister (21) talks with his father Aaron (53) about the processes involved in reaching community-wide carbon neutrality. Aaron explains the behavior changes and team-based models his community used to reach net zero emissions.

Dan and Remington discussed how Dan's neighborhood achieved carbon emissions neutrality in his neighborhood, Walled Lake, MI.

We discuss how people can cope with the overwhelming effect that the climate crisis and constant media have on us. Along with the importance of micro breaks, healing through nature, and community in this time of stress.

Howard Ge talks about his personal experience dealing with the climate crisis and resource descent. He shares lessons of resilience and advice for coping with these difficult issues.

Alli Kasparek (21) talks with team member, Mrinalini Gupta (20), about ways for people to cope with climate change, resource descent, and the climate anxiety created by both. Alli shares the power of engagement and active living in coping with...

An open discussion on the ongoing climate crisis and possible ways of coping with it.

Kasey talks about her personal experience in her local community, things that stress her out and cause anxiety based on the climate change crisis, and tangible steps to take to cope with such a heavy topic.

Yigit and Shauna discuss how climate change can be a physical and mental stressor, and how creating communities to discuss the climate crisis can combat attention fatigue and support psychological resiliency.

Alex Curwin, 21, and Miranda Gali, classmates in EAS 560 at the University of Michigan, discussed how issues of resource descent and climate change can be coped with using concepts learned in class as well as ways to make communities...

Emily talks with Katie about the ongoing climate crisis and how different communities are preparing for the crisis, as well as the differences of how each state is/should prepare.

How the community adapted to primarily producing food on their own, instead of relying on food market.

Claudia and Cat discuss the importance of educating children on how they can help the environment. By implementing behavior changes at a young age, children will hopefully grow up to be more environmentally aware adults who can take more drastic...

Samantha Barnes (19) talks with her mother Brenda (54) about how her neighborhood collectively achieved the carbon neutrality goal for 2030. She reflects on their efforts towards solar implementation, governmental outreach, and waste reduction.

Melina and Angelyn discuss fossil fuel consumption and how it has played a role in a neighborhoods journey to carbon neutrality. Varying individual, household, and communal efforts can help contribute to an overall long term goal and help with its...

Will Millsaps (19) and Marie Millsaps (55), mother and son, discuss the environmental retrospective from 2030. Subjects started with the idea of motherly love, and then moved on to habit changes, and finally to overcoming individuality.

Karoline discusses how she and her community collaborated through team meetings to bring about a community garden and become 100% reliant on local and homegrown produce.

Jack Guirey interviews Liana Jang about coping with the climate crisis. They discuss what the impending climate emergency means to them personally and how they navigate the stress and eco-anxiety that comes with it.

Ethan and I discussed a wide range of topics in this interview, including the effects of the climate crisis and how fostering community can help combat the emotional burden of an uncertain future. Further, we discussed how to foster positivity...

Lia Twigg interviews her long-time friend Lindsay Magid about her life Ann Arbor after the success of the A2 Climate Action Plan in 2030. They speak about how the transformation to a sustainable, zero emissions lifestyle began, along with the...

Christina Merrill, my classmate in ENV360 at the University of Michigan, and I take some time out of our day to discuss the climate crisis and resource descent. We get to hear Christina's views on the issues, what she knows...