Polar Bear Conservation and Fighting Climate Change – Alysa McCall

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Learning With Lowell

Lowell Thompson

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The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the every day mammal. In this show we'll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn't normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show - Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.

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Polar Bear Conservation and Fighting Climate Change – Alysa McCall – 237

Learning With Lowell

1 hour 9 minutes 52 seconds

1 year ago

Polar Bear Conservation and Fighting Climate Change – Alysa McCall – 237

Alysa has a B.Sc. (Hon.) in Animal Biology from Thompson Rivers University and an M.Sc. in Ecology from the University of Alberta where her thesis focused on the polar bears of western Hudson Bay. She gained hands-on experience with polar bears from multiple fall and spring field seasons in Tuktoyaktuk and Churchill and has been heavily involved in tracking Hudson Bay polar bears, as well as coexistence efforts. She also spearheads Polar Bears International's Tundra Connections webcast program. Prior to joining Polar Bears International's staff, Alysa volunteered for several years in multiple capacities, including being a panelist on the Tundra Connections program and assisting with the Polar Bear Tracker.

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PODCAST INFO:

The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.

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Alysa McCall links

https://polarbearsinternational.org/what-we-do/our-team/

https://polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bear-tracker

https://polarbearsinternational.org/act-now/take-action/advocacy-toolkit/

https://polarbearsinternational.donorsupport.co/page/FUNJRGTVFRQ

00:30 Conservation during Covid

01:55 Value Educating kids

04:50 Polar bears vs brown bears

08:20 In person education

09:50 What to do if confronted with a polar bear

14:25 Polar bear feeding centers

18:55 How smart are polar bears

20:18 Polar bear populations

23:55 Hope in fighting climate change

28:40 Microplastics

30:48 Humans and polar bears

32:15 Diseases in permafrost

34:50 Change in policy in Alaska and fossil fuels

36:00 sounding canadian

38:00 Canada vs America

41:45 Carbon tax / corporations / carbon footprint

46:20 Future of polar bear international

50:07 Polar bear fun facts

52:00 Hybrid polar bears

53:23 Grower bears hybrid

55:20 Species of polar bear she wishes she could see

58:22 why went extinct

58:45 Women vs men qualifications

59:45 Book recommendations

01:01:15 What shes looking to learn about / hands on

01:05:15 Favorite emoji

01:06:34 How to support polar bears international