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

January 16, 2024

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. 

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.

LINKS

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/66eFLHQclKe5p3bMXsCTRH

RSS: https://www.learningwithlowell.com/feed/podcast/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzri06unR-lMXbl6sqWP_-Q

Youtube clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B5x371AzTGgK-_q3U_KfA

Website: https://www.learningwithlowell.com

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 

01:07:40 Raising money

01:09:30 penny saved is a penny earned.

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