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Episode 31: What is environmental racism?
Clear the Air
01/20/21 • 20 min
Episode References and Resources
- What is climate justice?
- Ecocentrism and sustainability
- 2021 sustainability goals
- How sustainability has changed in 2020
- Stories, laws and articles mentioned:
- First Nations and the history of drinking water issues in Canada
- Indian Act c.960: Indian Reserve Waste Disposal Regulations
- 2020 Suzuki Report to the UN on environmental racism
- 2011 Study on Environmental stressors and mental health
- Ecojustice article on environmental racism in Canada
- Other articles on environmental racism (1, 2, 3)
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!
ABOUT THE PODCASTClear 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.

Episode 45: Addressing systemic barriers to truth and reconciliation in higher education (my thesis story)
Clear the Air
06/14/22 • 37 min
In this episode, Jenna does a deep dive on her final undergraduate project, her Honours Thesis. "Addressing Systemic Barriers to Truth and Reconciliation in Higher Education" is about fostering inclusive, decolonized, and reconciled academic spaces across what is now known as Canada. In this episode, Jenna discusses where the inspiration for her thesis emerged, how she conducted this work as a non-Indigenous settler ally, and provides key insights and advice for those interested in pursuing similar research.
Episode references and resources
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.

Episode 36: Three positive sustainability stories
Clear the Air
02/08/22 • 19 min
There is a lot of negativity in the news, whether it's about climate change or otherwise. On this episode, we highlight three positive sustainability stories to brighten the mood and demonstrate that collective action can make a difference. From pandas, to donations, to reconciliation, you need to know what is happening around the 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
Don't forget to share your sustainability journey on social media and tag Clear the Air!
Episode references and resources:
ABOUT THE PODCASTClear 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.
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05/24/22 • 19 min
This episode is a repost from the beginning of the podcast. Jenna shares tips for pursuing a sustainable lifestyle when your journey is not supported by the people or the environment around you. It can be hard to change your life when there are physical and social barriers preventing you from taking action. Learn how to overcome these barriers to become a sustainability pro, no matter what challenges you face. For more sustainable living tips, check out these helpful posts:
- Changing the world as a teen with Naila Moloo
- We need to make climate information accessible
- 10 zero-waste swaps for everyday life
- How to eat sustainably in the winter
- 5 tips for eating well and sustainably on a student budget
- 10 tips for living sustainably in university
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
ABOUT THE PODCAST
Clear the Air seeks to educates, empowers and mobilizes 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.

07/17/20 • 15 min
Check out all of Clear the Air's amazing interviews:
- Entrepreneurship and starting from scratch with Tyler De Sousa
- Blogging, climate action and youth empowerment with Emily De Sousa
- The value of experimental learning with Maddi LeBlanc
- Fast fashion, community action and finding yourself with Yoshi Matsuzaki
- Cater your degree to your passions with Jeffray Behr
- How to be a young entrepreneur with Tania Del Matto
- Creating change through plant-based living with Jackie Bastianon
I t’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.
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!
ABOUT THE PODCASTClear 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.

02/01/21 • 34 min
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
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!
ABOUT THE PODCASTClear 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.

03/24/23 • 63 min
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.

Episode 50: What to do when the world is on fire
Clear the Air
07/26/22 • 20 min
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.

04/19/22 • 28 min
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.

11/27/20 • 34 min
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!
ABOUT THE PODCASTClear 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.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Clear the Air have?
Clear the Air currently has 56 episodes available.
What topics does Clear the Air cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts and Education.
What is the most popular episode on Clear the Air?
The episode title 'Episode 22: How to work with students and be an "activist" with Samantha Casey' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Clear the Air?
The average episode length on Clear the Air is 29 minutes.
How often are episodes of Clear the Air released?
Episodes of Clear the Air are typically released every 7 days, 2 hours.
When was the first episode of Clear the Air?
The first episode of Clear the Air was released on Dec 11, 2019.
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