Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia

Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW

Dining with Darwin

Evolution and extinction, adaptation and climate change

It is not the strongest of species which survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change. Charles Darwin

What kind of responsiveness is necessary for human survival? What are the scenarios that face us and can we plausibly adapt? Do we have a responsibility to other species’ welfare in an environment that we have shaped?

Join host Jennifer Byrne and a panel of experts including Clive Hamilton (social commentator and author), Prof Hugh Possingham (Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists), Nicole Kuepper (Eureka Prize winner) and Dr Mike Raupach (Co-Chair, Global Carbon Project) for an evening of lively discussion and debate to celebrate Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. Dinner conversation will revolve around scientific and social issues including human adaptability, responsiveness to climate change and sustainable technologies and policies.

This event is a partnership between the Botanic Gardens Trust and the Australian Museum, and is our first in a dynamic year-long program of celebrations honouring Charles Darwin and his living legacy.

Details:

When: 6.30-10.30 pm, 11 February 2009
Where: The Pavilion, 1 Art Gallery Rd, Domain, Sydney
Cost: $150 pp includes 3 course dinner and wine ($135 pp for Members and Friends of The Gardens)
Bookings:  9320 6389


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Librarian Miguel Garcia examines the Botanic Gardens Trust’s 1st edition inscribed copy of Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’. The book will be on display for the evening of 11 February.

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Members of the community engaged with expert speakers on environmental issues at the Botanic Gardens Trust’s open-air debates in 2005.

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