The four Alma College students, including Ben Roberts of Saginaw Township, are starting to write about their experiences in Copenhagen, where the U.N. Climate Change Conference is taking place through Dec. 18.
Roberts says in a post that and fellow student Adam Ellsworth are still shaking off jet lag and haven't had much of a chance to be involved in the conference yet.
But he already feels a sense of optimism in the air and is impressed by the "efficient mass transit" he sees on the ground in Denmark.
"The US is vastly inferior to the Europeans in mass transit," he writes, adding that "I think people in the US need to become more open minded to mass transit and they need to push their elected officials to make it a viable mean of transportation."
As someone who's been to Copenhagen and lived in Michigan most of his life, the Mudpuppy can attest. Watch out for the bikes, Ben.