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Kyla walks through a thought experiment with her dad, Michael, where they imagine it is the year 2030. Together, they reflect on how a neighborhood in Northern Michigan achieved carbon neutrality and responded to the climate crisis over the last...

Stories about my mom when she was little.

Stephanie and her sister, Elizabeth, discuss how her neighborhood has successfully made changes that respond to the climate crisis. Elizabeth discusses the changes in behavior and how she led her community.

Annelise (20) and Alicia (21) discuss the state of the climate crisis in 2030, reflecting on the importance of community and skill building.

In this we discuss how local food has impacted Alicia’s life and how she has strived to support local food in Ann Arbor. She begins by discussing how her family immigrated from Italy and how local food was very community-based...

CSA’s that didn’t go according to plan and the benefits of the local food system beyond that of the actual food.

Destiny and Riley touch on the relationships between attention, stress, and the climate crisis and resource descent. They also discuss how coping mechanisms can be used to improve resilience and the well-being of everyday people. Many of these concepts are...

My grandma’s story

Jake Gottesman interviews Benjamin Steinhoff on how he contributed to helping his community move away from typical grass lawns. Steinhoff discusses the changes made to reduce this water-heavy practice.

In this interview, Janet and I talk about her past experiences with climate change and how her past experiences have shaped how she is preparing for the climate emergency. We discuss what measures she has taken in the past, what...

Erika Frondorf and Erika Kinninger discussed the eventual transition of our society. Localization is what we believe our future will transition to as energy and resources descent occurs. We explain the project we created and how it applies to the...

Josie talks about how she has come since being a child, and how she has become more brave.

Amal talks with Robert about the behavior changes that the community would take to successfully respond to the climate emergency in his neighborhood by asking him to envision that it is 2030 and it has already happened.

Andrew Gilbert: 2021-02-08 20:19:06 Andrew Gilbert (21) interviews his father Michael Gilbert (48) about his thoughts on the climate crisis, and his preparations for future natural disasters.

As the world transitions away from cheap energy much of the physical and social infrastructure that is relied on will no longer exist, just by the fact that the resources to maintain a system this complex won't exist. This being...

Nicole and I have a conversation regarding the climate crisis and resource descent. Drawing from both personal experience and class materials, Nicole shares her findings on how to keep calm and carry on.

Alicia shared her take on the climate crisis and resource descent narrative and how it was a source of stress and fatigue. She also shared some of the coping mechanisms she uses around her including taking walks around her house....

Ben(21) talks with Nick(21) about his hometown of Durand and what things have been going on in his community to combat climate change and how Michigan may change/adapt in the future.

Hao interviewed Colleen about the climate crisis and resource descent experienced in recent years and ways of coping that can be used to deal with those issues.

Emily Jinerson interviews Mia Sinks concerning preparation for the climate emergency and how class material from environmental psychology 360 ties into this.

My mentor and I briefly discuss her plans surrounding climate preparedness and what advice she can give to others. We also compare climate disasters to the COVID-19 pandemic and how they are similar and different.

Mish and Esti talk about food systems status quo and ways to improve it

We discussed the concept of preparing for an emergency and how her family prepares. In addition we discuss how as a researcher she prepares for an emergency on site

Luke & Jordan enact a thought experiment of what a sustainable future will look like and how we got there. Specifically imagining being in the year 2030 having achieved carbon neutrality, Luke answers questions about how his community came together...

Early childhood interview