[Earthwatch Debate: From Tsunami To Drought]

I thought I would alert you to our debate in November. These debates are always thought-provoking and engaging – last year’s was broadcast by Radio 4 on New Year’s Eve evening, and aired again a week later.

Earthwatch Debate: From Tsunami to Drought

Thursday 19th November, 7.00pm – 9.00pm at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR

Chaired by award winning broadcaster Andrea Catherwood.

Three experts will be joined by an enterprising member of the public to present solutions to the looming crisis of access to water for drinking and sanitation. Our speakers will then be interrogated by a ‘Dragon’s Den’ style panel before you, the audience, cast the deciding vote.

Please see: http://www.earthwatch.org/europe/get_involved/events09/debate09/

Ticket only - free to students and current Earthwatch donors; otherwise a donation will be requested on the door.

For tickets and/or more information contact our Events Department on (01865) 318856; events@earthwatch.org.uk

I would be very grateful if you could circulate details to colleagues and contacts.

If you would also like to nominate a member of the public as a potential speaker (they should be in the age range 18-30) please do let us know.

[environmental debate]

I thought I would alert you to the following:

Earthwatch Debate: Irreplaceable – the World’s Most Invaluable Species

Thursday 20th November, 7.00pm-9.00pm, at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR.

The ever-popular and thought-provoking Earthwatch Debate this year focuses on the world’s most irreplaceable species – choose between bees, bats, fungi, plankton and primates (but not man!), championed by leaders in their field.

Chair - Andrea Catherwood, TV broadcaster & independent film producer

Our speakers for the evening

Bats - Dr. Kate Jones, the Zoological Society of London

Bees - Dr. George McGavin, Honorary Research Associate, Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Fungi - Prof. Lynne Boddy, Cardiff School of Biosciences

Plankton - Prof. David Thomas, School of Ocean Sciences, University of Bangor

Primates - Ian Redmond OBE, Chairman of the Ape Alliance

Doors open at 6.00pm (cash bar); debate to be followed by a second cash bar, 9.00-9.30pm.

Entrance free to Earthwatch supporters; otherwise a small donation will be requested on the door. Optional buffet supper, 9.00-10.30 – supper tickets £25.00

For tickets and more information, please contact the Earthwatch Europe Events Department on (01865) 318856; events@earthwatch.org.uk

http://www.earthwatch.org/europe/get_invol...events08/debate

I would be very grateful if you circulated details to colleagues and contacts.

[Environmental lecture]

I thought I would alert you to the following:

Earthwatch Lecture - Shrinking Habitats, Species Survival

Thursday 16th October, 7.00pm-8.30pm, at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7 2AR, UK.

Dr. Dawn Scott (University of Brighton) & Dr. Rich Reading (Denver Zoological Foundation) will be giving talks on their Earthwatch projects, ‘South Africa’s Brown Hyenas’ and ‘Wildlife of the Mongolian Steppe’, species in the one case often unfairly maligned, and in the other, sadly under- researched.

By ticket only - free to Earthwatch supporters, otherwise a small donation is requested on the door.

Contact the Earthwatch Europe Events Department on +44 (0) 1865 318856. Email: events@earthwatch.org.uk.

http://www.earthwatch.org/europe/get_invol...ents08/habitats