Michael Schechtman
Bio
Interview with Michael Schechtman
November 17, 2017
Conducted by Matt Lassiter and Joshua Blum
Clips
8:33 - 10:50
Mike talks about how the environmental teach-in inspired him, and others, to join the School of Natural Resources at UMich in order to get into environmental advocacy. He discusses the challenges they faced in getting additions to the curriculum that would focus on activism. #environmentalteachin #teachin #advocacy #environmentalmovement
11:49 - 14:26
Mike recalls how he became the 2nd Director of the Ecology Center in 1971. #ecologycenter #ENACT
21:16 - 22:24
Mike talks about the relationship between the Ecology Center, the School of Natural Resources, and the Ann Arbor community. #ecologycenter #umich #schoolofnaturalresources #aa #community
27:10 - 29:19
Mike discusses the organic garden the Ecology Center set up on UMich North Campus and how it had a wider community impact despite being built over. #organic #gardening #umich #ecologycenter #community
33:07 - 35:44
Mike discusses the EC's opponents, how they weren't as organized as they are now, and the relationship the EC had with the city of Ann Arbor. #ecologycenter #activism #aa
43:26 - 45:10
Mike talks about how much the environmental movement learned in its early days from other social movements about how to make change. He learned about this directly through the staff and guest speakers at the School of Natural Resources. #socialmovements #umich