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Hot Air, Cool People
Devoted to cool professionals with cool ideas for a planet full of hot air. Together, we bring forward interesting knowledge and ideas about how our health, climate change and environmental issues are all related & what we can do to make our world a “cooler”, healthier place.
Episodes
6 episodes
A Nature Prescription Can Be Preventive Medicine with Dr. Melissa Lem
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Melissa LemClimate change is not a distant forecast, it’s already shaping symptoms, stress, and risk in the people we care for. In this episode, Dr. Anna Gunz talks wi...
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Part 3: Beyond Blame: Education, Privilege, and Seeing Racism Clearly
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Part 3) Dr. Waldron emphasizes education to dismantle systemic racism, noting how Western-centric systems - like Canadian healthcare - marginalize...
Part 2: Pollution, Power, and Health: Confronting Environmental Racism with Dr. Ingrid Waldron
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Part 2) This episode covers Bill C-226, Canada’s first environmental justice law, which Dr. Waldron co-developed to create structural solutions to...
Part 1: Intuition and Curiosity in Shaping an Environmental Justice Leader with Dr. Ingrid Waldron
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Part 1) In this episode, Dr. Waldron opens up about her personal background and early aspirations, including how her family shaped her academic pa...
From Kyoto to Paris: Dr. Gordon McBean on Decades of Changing Policies and Climate Inaction
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Gordon McBean This episode confronts the reality of the climate crisis, framing it around the UN’s "code red for humanity." Reflecting on a career dating back to ...
Healing Without Harm: Climate Action Within Hospitals
This episode is hosted by Dr. Anna Gunz, with guest Dr. Myles SergeantHealthcare has a massive environmental footprint, and making it more sustainable is something we can't ignore. In this episode, Dr. Anna Gunz talks with ...