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I discussed my own behavior change that I've experienced throughout this course and how concepts in this course have changed the way I think about the environment and behavior change in general.

Lillie and Angelina talking about her time at El Molino

In this interview, I (the one asking the questions, 15 years old) ask my grandmother (The one speaking Spanish, 71 years old) questions about herself and her past with the help of my aunt (The woman translating, 43 years old).

I talked about the idea of energy descent, and how we can help people be more frugal while still promoting their well-being. This can be done with a few different behavior change models, which I described after successfully using some...

Josh and Melissa talk about Ann Arbor, Michigan responding to the climate crisis in 2030. We discuss behavior changes and community building that took place to achieve carbon neutrality goals.

William Megerle and I discuss what steps his neighborhood took to handle the climate crisis.

Lauren reflects on the importance of taking small actions to achieve larger environmental goals and results, creating a vision of the future in which we can strive towards, and implementing several strategies in combination to enhance effectiveness, reliability, and durability.

Tiernan discusses her main take-aways from ENV 361, namely the importance of intrinsic motivation, future-based prospection, and using interventions that are reliable and durable. She explains their significance in terms of the climate crisis, community resilence, and energy descent to...

In this interview, we discussed ways in which diet change and community food systems can help communities achieve carbon neutrality. We talked about ways to center equity and accessibility in behavior change initiatives, and we emphasized the importance of getting...

This interview is based on a fictional scenario in which, in the year 2030, I interview Ann Arbor resident Katherine Pepple about how her and her community successfully implemented behavior changes to help reach net zero emissions. Katherine explains how...

Barbara Lu talks about the effectiveness of various behavior change models and strategies as well as their evaluation metrics.

Maaike talks with her mom Natalie about imagining being in 2030, and looking back at how their neighborhood in California responded to the climate crisis.

Reflected on the psychology of environmental stewardship and how we can take the class concepts and apply them to my daily life.

Kashika Chhabra (19) talks with her sister, Riya Chhabra (22), about what a carbon neutral community really entails. They discuss energy saving behaviors, community living, clean transportation, and more.

In this interview Tanvi discusses key concepts that she is taking away from her environmental stewardship class and how she can apply these in the workspace to influence corporations to be intentional about sustainability measures.

Tomas and Sarah talk about what Tomas’ neighborhood did to combat the climate crisis and gain carbon emission neutrality!

Julien discusses how the importance of well being, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, and behavior change models learned in class. Connecting to these concepts, he is able to make a strong correlation to the Great Lakes Community in their hopes to...

A reflection by a University of Michigan Master’s candidate on course material related to pro-environmental behavior change.

Lindsey reflects on her most important takeaways from the Psychology of Environmental Stewardship class.

Emma tells us how we were able to eliminate fast fashion and shop locally in order to reduce consumption and become carbon neutral.

My name is Elliott Wiehn (16) and I interviewed my Great Grandfather Dallas Cummings (~85), and we talked about his life up until now.

[Recorded Tuesday, March 19, 2024] UVA students Bea Webster (21) from Vienna, VA and Evan Small (21) from Fairfield, CT recorded a One Small Step conversation as part of their Lead From Anywhere course. Evan & Bea explored their political...

Conoce la historia de Maria Medina, mi mamá.

Jack Kaye, associate director for research at NASA's Earth Science Division, discuss his origins as a chemist and earth scientist, and how he was recruited to Goddard to be a chemist among meteorologists. "My boss would advertise me as his...

Brandon Schulz (22) talks with Matthew Miller (30) about how his community achieved carbon net neutrality in 2030 after a decade of local behavior change.