Monday 5 May 2008, 7.30pm

Aubrey Meyer is a classical musician, composer and environmental activist. Nearly twenty years ago he proposed that each country move progressively to the same CO2 allocation per inhabitant by an agreed date in a policy he coined ‘contraction and convergence’ (C&C), now actively promoted by many in the environmental movement.

Deepak Rughani is an environmental campaigner and member of Biofuelwatch, which campaigns against the use of bioenergy from unsustainable sources.

Martin Palmer is an expert on Chinese religion, philosophy and culture. In his role as Secretary General of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation, he seeks to foster links between the world faiths and conservation movements.

Chair: Martin Harper is Head of Sustainable Development for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Europe’s largest conservation charity. The RSPB campaign to save the Sumatran Rainforest in Indonesia, one of the most diverse habitats on the globe, is being supported by Creation in Crisis at St Mary’s.

Panel Description: The panel will look at how much longer the earth’s resources might sustain the current level of human energy consumption, as well as assessing the damage such consumption is having on the natural world. It will offer a wider perspective on alternative energy sources and seek to promote a vision of how individuals and faith groups might respond to the imperatives of conservation and contraction.