Seven leaders from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Poland, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uganda joined WMU’s School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability's public forum focused on the status of coastal dunes of West and Southwest Michigan at WMU's Fetzer Center their first evening in Kalamazoo, and met with Public Media Network, WMUK, NowKalamazoo, Southwest Michigan's Second Wave / On The Ground Battle Creek, Loy Norrix High School's Knight Life student newspaper and We Talk at WMU. They also enjoyed a meal in the home of a Global Ties Kalamazoo volunteer (thank you, Noreen!). Visit https://www.flickr.com/photos/cikalamazoo/albums/72177720316147746/ for photos of their time in Kalamazoo.