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

Who

Project President

Professor Sir. Ghillean Prance FRS VMH

Patrons

Professor James Lovelock CH FRS CBE
Sir Crispin Tickell
Philip Pullman
Sir David Read FRS

Trustees

Maryann Woodrow (Chair)
Peter Cruttwell (Secretary and treasurer)
Professor Sir. Ghillean Prance FRS VMH
Daniel Brooke

Principal advisor

Tim Smit CBE

Design

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

Project Director

Sebastian Brooke

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.