National Geographic Live: Adaptation

The next National Geographic Live event is “Adaptation” with Alizé Carrère, environmental anthropologist and filmmaker, at 7:30 p.m. May 22 at the Newmark Theatre, 1111 S.W. Broadway, Portland. Tickets are $25 to $55 at portland5.com/newmark-theatre/events/national-geographic-live-adaptation.

Carrère takes the audience around the world to explore the remarkable ways people are adapting to a changing planet: To the South Pacific waters of Vanuatu, where islanders are using innovative techniques to combat outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish that threaten the surrounding reefs; to Bangladesh, where farmers in low-lying areas are reviving an old agricultural technique—floating gardens—that has inspired other floating infrastructure; and to Ladakh in northern India to glimpse giant ice pyramids invented by a Ladakhi teacher and engineer to help the community preserve its scarce freshwater resources. This talk is part of the National Geographic Live 2022/23 Portland Speaker Series.