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Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law Tonia Reaves (51) and Robin Young (23) talk about their experiences in school. They reflect on the impact of racism on their educational upbringings, their experiences adapting to multi-racial school environments, and their hopes for future generations.

Our group discusses the localization premise, the value of envisioning, the process of envisioning Michigan Stadium as a community space, and our thoughts on the localization course.

Jillian and Barbara talk about their project of incorporating localization principles into a summer camp curriculum in Ann Arbor. This camp focused on localized food and agriculture systems, including topics like cooking, composting, and foraging, and visits to local farms...

Anna, Rachel, and Maddie, SEAS students at the University of Michigan, discuss the concept of localization and the course's premise of energy descent and the coming transition. They also share details about their course project in which they developed "Your...

Friends Deborah "Debbie" Doe (70) and Andrew Harmon (36) talked about their relationship as teacher and student.

Nikki Gefteas interviews her new friend Mary Jo Stanley about her experience with sudden hearing loss and how being faced with a life altering event has taught her how to adapt. In this interview, Mary Jo discusses her experience with...

Jhenna reflects on what she learned while in the Psychology of Environmental Stewardship course.

Shelby Alston reflects on EAS 561 and her experience with the course's concepts. Different models and topics are discussed and analyzed for efficacy and applicability to future endeavors.

Brian answers interview questions about his time and takeaways from Psych 362. Topics covered include: behavioral inertia, moral foundation theory, informational models, and the importance of procedural knowledge accompanying calls to action.

In this interview, Katie discusses the key concepts she has learned about psychology of environmental stewardship. She also evaluates different behavior change models.

Will and Bill (one and the same) discuss several important concepts from the U of M ENVR 361 course. This includes conversation around norms, motivations, envisioning, eco-teams, and more. Some evaluation metrics are used, and some real world application of...

I take some time to reflect on the course, Psychology of Environmental Stewardship taught by Dr. De Young at the University of Michigan's School for the Environment and Sustainability. I talk about my main take-aways from the course like the...

This interview discusses the salient concepts of the course environmental stewardship, as well as their potential for application. This application is framed in both the lense of the interviewee as well as community development specifically related to policy and food...

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.

Lydia Miller: 2022-04-18 22:46:05 discusses the meaningful concepts that she learned throughout her experience in this course, the concepts she would like to carry on with her, and the unique takeaways that she received from this course compared to the...

Shelby Alston (22) interviews her roommate (23) about what actions were needed in order to achieve the goal of carbon emission neutrality within his community and how it affected his life. They touched on the topic of consumerism and the...

Jon and Alex, a couple living in the Detroit neighborhood of Martin Park, discuss how their neighborhood became carbon neutral over the course of the past decade. They recall what events happened to create behavior changes required to reduce energy...

In this conversation, Shivani and Anjali discuss the work that has taken place over the past 10 years to get us where we are today in 2030. Shivani provides some insight into building up local food systems.

Brian McGreal discusses creating a shared vision amongst generations regarding climate change. He also explains simple fixes you can make to start conserving energy today.

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.

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...

Maggie and Jacob discuss how their neighborhood responded to the climate crisis. In particular, they talk about how meeting together as a community was essential to meeting the challenges of the climate crisis, but also brought the community closer together

Sophia Nyberg discusses how her neighborhood has, in the year 2030, has successfully reduced carbon emissions. She discussed how behavior change was an important aspect to implementing change in her community.

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.

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...