MEMO

The project to commemorate the world's extinct species


I was deeply moved on learning of this brilliant, profound and ultimately humanitarian enterprise. It does the UK proud. I hope the US and others will follow suit.

Professor E.O. Wilson to Professor Ghillean Prance, Chairman of MEMO
21st January 2009

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The Founders Appeal

Building MEMO from the bottom up

The MEMO project has already begun. The first four carvings were on show at St. Paul’s Cathedral this summer and are now being exhibited at London Zoo. Soon a further six will be completed. The aim is to have the 800 carvings necessary to get the monument built up to date (together with the big bell and the education centre) by 2012 when the world’s journalists arrive on Portland for the Olympic sailing. To do this we need your help

The cost of the whole project is estimated at £5 million. The aim of the Founders Appeal is to raise the first £150,000 by February 2010.

Bear witness to the loss of the world’s species and help defend those species at risk.

Become a Friend or Founder Today.

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If you give £10 or more you become a Friend of MEMO and we will list your name on the website, provided we know who you are!.

If you give (or raise) £1,000 or more you become a Founding Benefactor and we’ll recognise your generosity on the Founder’s stone.

Benefactors of £5,000 or more will become Cornerstone Founders - please contact us.

Benefactors of £10,000 or more will become Keystone Founders - please contact us.

If you would like us to register you as a Friend or Founding Benefactor please ensure that you tick the box marked “Let the charity see my details” on the Justgiving site.

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We are hugely grateful to our donors.

Friends
Rose Goad
Eliza Oxley
Elisabeth Reissner and 9 others

Founding Benefactors
Adjaye Associates
Jonathan Brooke
Dean and Chapter of St. Paul’s
Dorset County Council
Emma and Adrian Vickers
Jurassic Coast World Heritage Team
and 10 others

Cornerstone Founders
Peter Brooke
Stone Firms
Maryann Woodrow

Keystone Founders
Dan Brooke

(Numbers indicate we are currently seeking permission to list donors.)

The Sixth Extinction

With the Holocene Extinction Event we are currently witnessing the most rapid species decline in the Earth's history.

These are examples of large, photogenic and memorable species; current estimates are that half of all species will become extinct within a century.