National Geographic Live: Adaptation

Communities across the world are experimenting with new ways to live in the midst of a global climate crisis and persistent environmental change. Filmmaker, anthropologist, and National Geographic Explorer Alizé Carrère guides a journey to the floating gardens of Bangladesh, the ice pyramids of India, and the latest menu items (invasive species) at U.S. restaurants. At the heart of these stories is a mindset everyone can learn from: when our approaches harmonize with nature, transformational solutions emerge.

Alizé Carrère is a filmmaker and anthropologist who documents human adaptations to environmental change. After starting with projects related to agriculture, her work evolved into broader storytelling and education about human resilience. She brings her social science background and extensive field experience to her filmmaking, with the goal of elevating the human dimensions of climate change. She is currently pursuing her doctorate at the University of Miami where she is examining the relationship between architecture, climate change, and ecological urban utopias.