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Haley explains how community gardens and switching to plant-based food were here community's response to the climate crisis.

Maaike and Kyla reflect on what they learned in EAS561: Psychology of Environmental Stewardship and what they will take with them into their future careers.

Methods used to combat the climate crisis in South Florida 8 years from now from the perspective of a local and captain.

During the interview, Nina discusses how over the last decade her community came together to create a community garden and make food more sustainable and accessible!

Dana envisions what transportation looks like in Traverse City in the year 2030

Taylor talks about community resilience, resource sharing, and circular economy.

Maddie informed me about the amazing way she was able to change behavior in her community around transportation. Biking is now the norm in 2030 and the climate has never been better.

Elkin Bayraktar discusses his community's shift to locally grown foods over the past decade in response to the climate emergency. This has led to a frugal lifestyle that the community benefits from and in response have a much fulfilled lifestyle...

Leyna discusses how her community made a transformative behavior change in regards to sustainable food sourcing. She draws on a team-based model to inspire durable behavior change.

Jeremy speaks with Jordan about her strategies in combatting the climate crisis and moving towards energy descent. Jordan discusses her environmental initiatives to facilitate conversations with children and adults alike on the subject of water and reduced consumption. She elaborates...

Imagining it is 2030: a discussion about behavior changes that resulted in every university in the country having at least one self-sustaining dormitory in 2030, and how this change was achieved.

Lucy Baker (19) talks with her sister, Claire (22) about what it looked like to create a carbon neutral neighborhood. They discussed the importance of keeping everyone involved in the project, specifically the project of switching in home energy sources,...

In this interview, Yasmin and Reema discuss how Yasmin and her neighborhood tackled the climate emergency. Not only did we talk about the specific behavior changes that were made, but we also touched on psychological concepts behind the whole process.

Mary Hager and Deanna Steckert talk about the way their neighborhood responded to the climate crisis and what it's like to live in a community that values a sustainable and local lifestyle.

Jenna (25) and her brother Vinny (34) discuss behavior changes he made in neighborhood to become carbon neutral in the year 2030

Haley and Emily discuss Emily’s behavior changes focused on food waste reduction, and how she has promoted them to her community.

Vivian tells a story about how she worked with those in her community through communication and education in order to reduce plastic waste. We address small scale changes and how changing simple daily habits can have a much larger impact...

Kaitlin (18) and Karoline (20) discuss the transformative behavior change Kaitlin’s community underwent when adopting community gardens while also touching on the challenges and how to prepare for future behavior change.

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...

Laurel explains how her neighborhood came together to dramatically cut down their driving and flying. She describes the creative alternatives they found, including organizing social events hyper-locally, working remotely, and vacationing closer to home.

Cindy and Abby discuss Cindy's family and community's green energy and composting initiatives and how her community adopted sustainable practices. We touch on how a potential shared vision arose. We end with her personal takeaways from the process of behavior...

Seth Stump (22) and Sharad Stump (51) discuss how her community created a shared vision to reduce carbon emissions by reducing driving and travel. She describes how people adapted to working at home and from getting social interactions from community...

We discussed how the process of Mara’s neighborhood’s transition to net zero carbon emissions went. She mentioned the neighborhood had improved composting, community gardening, and a carpooling mandate that helped them transition, and emphasized the importance of working together to...

Emily, Van, and Randy discuss electric vehicles, public transportation, and changing habits to combat the climate crisis. In a somewhat difficult yet rewarding transition, these community members helped inspire others and take action in their neighborhood.

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.