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Brazil born background Cayo Mattos tells about his personal experiences and strategies being in America as an international student and afterwards.

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.

Hailey Nesbitt (14) interviews her mother Patricia Rose about her childhood in Jamaica, Her thoughts on the United States before Immigrating, Her thoughts now, the culture shock, the differences and the opportunities this country has to offer.

Daughter Katherine "Kate" Ithurralde (41) speaks with her father, Robert "Bob" Ithurralde (78), about his childhood, career, marriage, family, and identity.

MiaBella (14) and Justin (33) talk about Justin’s childhood, his coming into me and my moms life, and the imprint he would want to leave behind.

Victoria Cheung and Sipeng Zhang, classmates in the University of Michigan's SEAS program, discuss the climate crisis and what coping techniques can help with this challenge.

Alexa A (15) and Cristal V (15) talk about the cons about body shaming and how society has became judgemental throughout time. As Cristal stated " Bodyshaming isn't the correct thing to do mostly towards younger generations".

Interview of Felipa Erquiaga around 2015. Felipa is of Basque heritage and immigrated to the United States in the early sixties. She describes her early life in Spain's Basque country, her transition to the United States, and her life thereafter.

Ally Eggleton talks with friend, former Michigan Rowing teammate, and Melbourne, Australia native Bec Joyce about the VicEmergency app (which her state of Victoria has created in response to last years bush fires), the events of Black Saturday, and the...

Bryce (25) talks with his father, Ed (60) about his experience with severe weather events and how to best prepare for them. Ed recalls individual actions and behaviors he has adopted throughout his life living in Florida because of extreme...

Rachel and Nico discuss how elements of green space in neighborhoods can help individuals cope with the climate crisis and resource descent. They also discuss how a constant state of low-grade stress and fear of the unknown are the greatest...

Hank Ebert (64) interviews his wife Maione Carrijo (58) about her life in Brazil before she married him and moved to Idaho. Maione then interviews Hank about his unique upbringing as the child of diplomats, living in various countries from...

Melvin Erroll Taylor (MT) interviews his friends Sylvia Smith Lewis (SL) and JoJo Smith (JS). They discuss JoJo’s career as a professional dancer and dance instructor.

This interview discusses some of the issues individuals may have in their preparation for the climate emergency. Specifically, affordability regarding environmentally sustainable products makes it difficult to adopt necessary behaviors. Additionally, with so much information out there on the climate...

Edward Schuman (16) talks with his mother, Pam Schuman (51) on November 29th, 2021. He asks about her childhood with her parents, growing up, and getting the job she always wanted. Mrs. Schuman shares stories involving her charitable parents and...

Mike and Karen Breton are interviewed by their son Kris Breton about living abroad in Iran and Brazil, having children,their marriage and moving to Arkansas.

Daniel (20) talks with their Californian friend, Will (22) about emergency preparedness as it relates to climate change, focusing on wildfires and air quality challenges in California. They discuss Doomsday Prepping, response to COVID-19, and investing (both in dogecoin, and...

Karen and Joshua discuss benefits and possible deceptions of climate emergency preparation, as well as past and present examples of unpreparedness.

Kristen Buchler discusses with her mother, Shelly Buchler, preparations that she has made in anticipation of a climate emergency or other disruptive life event. Shelly is a resident of Temperance, Michigan.

My wife Ann and I went to visit Aunt Susan the day after Thanksgiving in 2017. Susan spoke about being an "immigrant family" in Brazil, and her subsequent move to the US.

My grandma is from Brazil so some aspects of her life, like her childhood are different than most people. I like to hear funny stories about her life growing up to get to know her better and how they impacted...

David Carter (38) interviews spouse Luz Gomez (35) about her father, Carlos Ignacio Gomez Arriola, who died three years ago.

Olivia West talks with fellow church member Glenda Miller about her life as a Missionary Nurse in Brazil, people who have inspired her, and how she came to know Christ.

Mia Quezada (14) talks with her mom, Guadalupe Elizalde (45), about them living in Mexico and the way she felt before and after the event. Mia asks about family life, childhood life, and life away from Mexico; where Guadalupe found...

Zolangie Velez (14) talks with her mom, Luiris Pegeuro (35), about what it was like watching her kids go to school again and what it was like growing up and the different experiences with family and raising kids in different...