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

Officially endorsed by:

Who

Patrons

Professor James Lovelock CH FRS CBE
Lord May of Oxford OM, AC, FRS
Philip Pullman CBE
Sir David Read FRS
Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG KCVO
Professor E.O. Wilson

Principal advisor

Tim Smit CBE

Trustees

Daniel Brooke
Dame Julia Cleverdon, DCVO, CBE
Peter Cruttwell (Secretary and treasurer)
Professor Richard Fortey FRS
Professor Sir Ghillean Prance FRS VMH (Chair)
Maryann Woodrow

Design

David Adjaye (architectural advisor)
Peter Randall-Page
Professor Glynn Williams
Mike Kelly (planning consultant)
Marcus Vergette

Project Director

Sebastian Brooke

With grateful thanks to our volunteers, Aosaf Afzal, Chris Bailey, Harry Brockway, Peter Brooke, Camilla Bustani, Lorraine Camp, Zoe Cull, John and Margaret Culley, Chris Daniels, Antony Denman, Alex Evans, Brian Green, Adam Horowitz, Paul Hyland, Mike Kelly, Wendy Kelly, Tim Lees, Billy Lilliywhite, Paul Lister, Nigel Miller, Michael Murphy, Thomas Nichols, Matt O’Donovan, Eliza Oxley, Roy and Sandra Pepperell, Rachel Pulfer, Liz Reissner, John Sellman, Linda Shannon, Joanna Szuwalska, Hugh Torrens, Peter Van Allen, Andrew Whittle, Gwen Yarker, Emily Young and more (please e-mail us at info@memoproject.org if we have forgotten anyone).

And grateful thanks also to St. Paul’s Institute, Take the Space Theatre Company, Weymouth College, Paul Green and staff and students of Royal Manor Arts College, Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, The Hay Festival, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Team, Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, Portland Town Council, Dorset County Council, Countdown 2010, Portland Academy Project, Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust, Stone Firms, Rachel Barton and the Portland Community Partnership, Albion Stone, R. Paisley and Sons Ltd., Mike Kelly Planning Consultancy.

MEMO was conceived by stonecarver Sebastian Brooke
Phone: +44 (0)1600 772788
Email: seb at memoproject.org

Registration Information

Registered Charity Number: 1122701
Company Registration Number: 6087344
Registered Address: Priory Mill, Nailer’s Lane, Monmouth NP25 3EH
“MEMO” and “MEMO Project” are the trading names of Mass Extinction Memorial Observatory.
Mass Extinction Memorial Observatory is a company registered in England and Wales.

Contact Information

Please see our Contact page

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.