GREAT ADVENTURES & EXPLORATIONS LECTURE SERIES
Community Center Auditorium | 4:30pm
In this exciting series , you will be introduced to extraordinary people who will capture your imagination with the stories they have to tell . These passionate adventurers will take you on incredible journeys , both past and present .
Saturday , January 21 , 2017
ANDREA WULF , Historian , Writer , New York Times Best-Selling Author
THE INVENTION OF NATURE , ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT ’ S NEW WORLD
The Invention of Nature reveals the extraordinary life of the visionary German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt ( 1769-1859 ) and how he created the way we understand nature today . Though almost forgotten today , his name lingers everywhere from the Humboldt Current to the Humboldt penguin . Humboldt was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age . His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery , whether climbing the highest volcanoes in the world , paddling down the Orinoco or racing through anthrax – infested Siberia . Perceiving nature as an interconnected global force , Humboldt discovered similarities between climate zones across the world and predicted human-induced climate change . In The Invention of Nature , Wulf brings this lost hero to science and the forgotten father of environmentalism back to life . Photo by : Antonina Gern
Tuesday , January 24 , 2017
GARY KNELL , President and CEO , National Geographic Society
WE ARE ALL EXPLORERS
We can all bring our passion and commitment to engage and inspire others . National Geographic strives to be one of the best examples in the world of how people can join together to make change . However , change requires the spark of one committed individual — of one person whose journey is so compelling that we all want to be a part of it . We are all explorers , and we can all inspire change . Come to hear how others have done it and to ask yourself : what will your journey be ?
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Wednesday , March 29 , 2017
AMI VITALI , Photojournalist , Filmmaker and National Geographic Photographer
RHINOS , RICKSHAWS AND REVOLUTIONS : MY SEARCH FOR TRUTH
Photos by : Ami Vitali
Experience the world through the eyes of a photojournalist whose career has brought her face-to-face with violence as well as the enduring power of the human spirit . Working in more than 90 countries , through the war in Kosovo to tense border disputes between India and Pakistan , Ami Vitale has lived in mud huts , traveled via rickshaw , and donned a panda suit to live the story . Recently , she covered groundbreaking efforts to reintroduce endangered animals to the wild to halt the threat of extinction , recognizing that our stories are intertwined . Photo by : Sarah Isaacs
GENERAL ADMISSION $ 35 / lecture All three lectures $ 90 RESERVED SEATING $ 60 / lecture All three lectures $ 150 SPONSORSHIP $ 150 / lecture All three lectures $ 400
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