Festival Events 2007

Christmas Lecture - Dr Simon Boxall

Santa’s Grotto 2070 Ice or Water!
Dr. Boxall fresh from an early winter expedition to the high Arctic, brought with him materials, data and footage of his trip. The expedition on board a 100 year old schooner was filmed by the Discovery Channel and West Wales secondary schools had a preview of exciting footage of the adventure. Part of the trip was used to deposit buoys which transmit temperature data back to a globally shared databank, demonstrating the global effort now being afforded to ‘Climate Change’. Usually a lecture just for schools, the Darwin Christmas Lecture  stirred up so much interest in parents and  Friends of the  Darwin Centre that Dr. Boxall very kindly agreed to give two lectures, allowing around 100 members of the public to enjoy his presentation. Obviously a topic of our age this  ‘Climate Change’ lecture really brought relevant cutting edge science to schools in west Wales, all of which involved acknowledged the pertinence of Dr. Boxall’s talk and the efforts of the Darwin Centre to the current secondary school curriculum. The schools involved were Ysgol y Preseli, Greenhill, Milford Haven, Dyffryn Taf, and Sir Thomas Picton, as well as home education groups.

Supper and Life after Dark

Meeting at a secluded manor house near Carew, guests will enjoy a home cooked meal and after dinner speaker. The talk will encompass many nocturnal creatures. After supper the guests will have the opportunity to explore the private grounds in the hands of the scientific experts.
Tuesday 3rd July 2007, 6.30pm till late

 

 

 

 

Charles Darwin lecture by Professor AK Campbell (Cardiff School of Medicine)

Professor Campbell has had a lifetime interest in the work of Charles Darwin, and has recently published a paper on his theory of how Darwin's mystery illness was caused.
Friday 7th July 2007,1pm - 2.30pm

 

A Preseli Bluestone Walk with Sid Howells (CCW)

Sunday 5th August 2007. 10.30am at Waldos Monument.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Damsel and Dragonfly exploration with Peter Brown (Pembrokeshire College)

Sunday 29th July 2007. 11.00am - 1.00pm at Bynberian.

A Rocky Shore Ramble with the Darwin Centre and Keep Wales Tidy

Sunday 15th July 2007. 1.00pm - 3.00pm at Broad Haven North

Discoveries from the Deep

25th April 2007
A lecture on scientific discoveries from the marine world used for medical application.
Dr Ken Wann Director of Postgraduate Research Studies from the Welsh School of Pharmacy at Cardiff University. Link to the presentation