MEMO

The project to commemorate the world's extinct species

MEMO PARTICIPATES IN A SERVICE AT ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL
14th SEPTEMBER 2008

“The MEMO project should never have been necessary. But necessary it is, and I'm glad to see human imagination involved in the task of commemorating the diversity of life rather than diminishing it.”         ~ Philip Pullman, MEMO patron

JULY 2008, ROYAL SOCIETY BOARD VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO OFFICIALLY ENDORSE MEMO PROJECT

St.Paul’s service

On the 14th September at 6pm there is a eucharist service at St.Paul’s cathedral concerning environmental issues. It is entitled ‘Time for God’s creation’. It will include a performance by Rambert Ballet and will be led by the bishop of London.

MEMO director, Sebastian Brooke has been asked to contribute to the service by giving a reading concerning the science of species loss. The piece is entitled the ‘Eremezoic Era’, a term coined by Harvard biologist EO Wilson in his 1998 book ‘Consilience’. The extent of current biodiversity loss and its many implications are also covered in his 2006 book ‘The Creation, an appeal to save life on Earth’.

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.