Clear the Air

This week on the podcast, we hear from Kamil Ahmed, one of the organizers for Community Fridge KW. This grassroots mutual aid effort seeks to establish and operate public repositories of fresh donated food for anyone in the community to take from, for free. The slogan 'take what you need, leave what can' enables the organization's commitment to reduce food waste and food insecurity simultaneously.

Episode references and resources:

• Map to Community Fridge KW location
• Follow Community Fridge KW Instagram and Facebook
• Fridge FAQs
• Fridges across Canada

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• Website: https://cleartheair.ca
• Podcast site: https://cleartheair.ca/podcast
• Instagram: @cleartheair.ca

Don't forget to share your sustainability journey on social media and tag Clear the Air!

Clear the Air seeks to educate, empower and mobilize youth to take action against climate change. These weekly episodes will focus on a specific theme, teaching you how to take action RIGHT NOW in your own life. By listening to the podcast, you will become a sustainability expert in no time.

Jenna Phillips is the podcast host, a passionate university student, and a local climate action leader. She uses her expertise and desire for change to make a difference in the lives of others.

It’s time to Clear the Air of all this confusion about climate change. It’s time to learn how we, the youth climate leaders of today, can make a change. It’s time to take our future into our own hands.

Josanne Buchanan (she/her) is a children's tech and media researcher, developmental psychology master's student at the University of Toronto, and diversity/creative consultant in the children's media industry who uses cross-disciplinary research to support the creation of family-targeted animated series, films, and video games. She has worked with major producers like Disney, Nickelodeon and Netflix, and other youth-focused organizations to leverage authentic representation.

In this episode, Josanne and Jenna explore the role of media in shaping youth worldviews, how media can support sustainability literacy, and what authentic representation in the media looks like (and why it matters).

Episode references and resources

• Josanne Buchanan's LinkedIn
• Josanne's personal webpage
• Josanne's Instagram: @little_miss_media
• Josanne's Twitter: @JosanneBuchanan
• Children's Media Lab
• The Centre for Scholars and Storytelling
  • Report mentioned by Josanne on non-human characters
• Blog post on Strange World

Make sure to rate, subscribe and follow the Clear the Air Podcast, and follow the journey on social media:

• Website: https://cleartheair.ca/
• Podcast site: https://cleartheair.ca/podcast/
• Instagram: @cleartheair.ca
• Twitter: @_ctablog

Clear the Air seeks to educate, empower and mobilize youth to take action against climate change. These weekly episodes will focus on a specific theme, teaching you how to take action RIGHT NOW in your own life. By listening to the podcast, you will become a sustainability expert in no time.

Jenna Phillips is the podcast host, a passionate university student, and a local climate action leader. She uses her expertise and desire for change to make a difference in the lives of others.

It’s time to Clear the Air of all this confusion about climate change. It’s time to learn how we, the youth climate leaders of today, can make a change. It’s time to take our future into our own hands.

There are heatwaves, wildfires, and health crises affecting our world in unprecedented ways. Countries and communities that are ill-equipped to handle extreme temperatures have been struggling the past two weeks. Not only are these international heatwaves harming our environment, they are threatening our healthcare and food systems, our infrastructure, and our economic stability. Yet, our political leaders are not listening and not acting. In this episode, learn why the world is on fire and what you can do about it.

Episode references and resources

• IPCC (2021) Sixth Assessment Report
• Reuters (2022) article about European wildfires
• Nature (2022) article about unprecedented global temperatures
• CBC News The National July 19 2022
• CBC News (2022) article about United Kingdom’s heatwaves
• BBC News (2022) article about European heatwaves
• The Guardian (2022) article about United Kingdom heart alerts

Want to help the podcast? Leaving a rating and review is the best thing you can do.

• Website: https://cleartheair.ca
• Podcast site: https://cleartheair.ca/podcast
• Instagram: @cleartheair.ca

Clear the Air seeks to educate, empower and mobilize youth to take action against climate change. These weekly episodes will focus on a specific theme, teaching you how to take action RIGHT NOW in your own life.

Jenna Phillips is the podcast host, a passionate grad student, and a local climate action leader. She uses her expertise and desire for change to make a difference in the lives of others.

It’s time to Clear the Air of all this confusion about climate change. It’s time to learn how we, the youth climate leaders of today, can make a change. It’s time to take our future into our own hands.

After five long years, Jenna has completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Waterloo! In this episode, she reflects on how her understandings of sustainability, herself, and the people around her have shifted over the years. Hear about boundary setting, building self-confidence, respecting others, and what is next for Clear the Air.

Make sure to rate, subscribe and follow the Clear the Air Podcast, and follow the journey on social media:

• Website: https://cleartheair.ca
• Podcast site: https://cleartheair.ca/podcast
• Instagram: @cleartheair.ca
• Twitter: @_ctablog

Don't forget to share your sustainability journey on social media and tag Clear the Air!

Episode references and resources

• How to overcome perfectionism
• Imperfect environmentalism
• Lessons learned from first, second, and third year

Clear the Air seeks to educate, empower and mobilize youth to take action against climate change. These weekly episodes will focus on a specific theme, teaching you how to take action RIGHT NOW in your own life. By listening to the podcast, you will become a sustainability expert in no time.

Jenna Phillips is the podcast host, a passionate university student, and a local climate action leader. She uses her expertise and desire for change to make a difference in the lives of others.

It’s time to Clear the Air of all this confusion about climate change. It’s time to learn how we, the youth climate leaders of today, can make a change. It’s time to take our future into our own hands.

Michelle Angkasa is a second year Environment and Business student at the University of Waterloo who spends her time as a residence don (AKA the designated mom of 30 students), climate justice organizer, writer, mentor, and creator of baked goods. She loves intersectional environmentalism, political advocacy, and youth engagement. In this episode, Michelle and I explore ways to use your voice as a young person to create broader change.

Episode References and Resources

• Humans of UWaterloo
• UW Radicle
• Our Time
• Future Majority
• Recording from the Town Hall on Nov 19
• Land Back Camp
• Michelle’s Blog
• Michelle’s Linkedin
• Michelle’s Instagram

Want to help the podcast? Leaving a rating and review is the best thing you can do.

• Website: https://cleartheair.ca
• Podcast site: https://cleartheair.ca/podcast
• Instagram: @cleartheair.ca

Don't forget to share your sustainability journey on social media and tag Clear the Air!

Clear the Air seeks to educate, empower and mobilize youth to take action against climate change. These weekly episodes will focus on a specific theme, teaching you how to take action RIGHT NOW in your own life. By listening to the podcast, you will become a sustainability expert in no time.

Jenna Phillips is the podcast host, a passionate university student, and a local climate action leader. She uses her expertise and desire for change to make a difference in the lives of others.

It’s time to Clear the Air of all this confusion about climate change. It’s time to learn how we, the youth climate leaders of today, can make a change. It’s time to take our future into our own hands.