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While in Michigan, Jenae Wright (31) talks to her friend Kelly Willmott (60) about living in Texas and differences between the two states. She moved to the state after living in Michigan for over a decade and now faces strains...

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.

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.

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...

Discussion of local food with Carson Brown.

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.

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

Mackenzie and Dominick discuss local food from a past perspective growing up in different areas of the U.S. and how the local food experience has changed since coming to college in Ann Arbor, MI.

I interviewed my cousin who moved back to the suburbs of Chicago. She talks about her personal experience with climate/ weather extremities, especially with the cold since she lives near Lake Michigan. She provides insight on what her town does...

Janet and Lydia discuss climate preparedness when it comes to drought, flooding, and disease outbreaks.

Scott talks about his relationship to local food. He breaks down why the industrialized food distribution system is not sustainable, his experience working with his dad to create an environmentally-friendly small farm in Canada, and why the United States needs...

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!

Samantha Barnes reflects on the concepts learned in the class psychology of environmental stewardship in a self interview. She reflects on which behavior change models were successful and which had downfalls. She explores some of the meaningful concepts of the...

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.

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

Jacob discusses what he views as most important points from Psychology of Environmental Stewardship. In particular, he talks about how he will use envisioning, procedural knowledge, and behavior change models as he works to move towards more sustainable behavior for...

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...

We discussed that in West Michigan, little is being done to prepare for climate changes emergencies, but that if they were to occur, Chris would expect that he and his family and others in the area would move to a...

In this interview, I talked to my sister about steps she has taken to prepare for a climate emergency. Ultimately, she has taken some steps but knows she needs to do more in preparation for an emergency. We both think...

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.

Reflection on ENV361

In this interview, brother and sister Jack and Katie Good discuss what Jack has experienced in San Francisco in regards to earthquakes and wildfires, as well as what he is doing to prepare for future disasters.

Grace taking about her experience with local food through foraging, farmers markets, and bologna sandwiches.

Liana and Summer discuss Summer’s family connection to local food, from her grandfather’s farm in North Dakota to Ann Arbor, MI.

Kate reflects on the importance of taking feedback and working in teams. She also discussed how small scale actions are effective in creating durable and meaningful change and how she can apply these to her career goals.