Darwin Sails Again: 'on the Future of Species'

Darwin Sails Again: 'on the Future of Species'

PLYMOUTH, England, August 26/PRNewswire/ -- In the wake of Charles Darwin, who sailed from Plymouth on the HMS
Beagle, on 1 September his great-great-granddaughter Sarah Darwin will embark
on the same trip. While Charles Darwin's observations during his journey
around the world led to his publication of the Origin of Species that changed
the way we view the world, 150 years later Sarah Darwin will sail the entire
voyage again "on the Future of Species".

From the same port where her great-great-grandfather started his
memorable voyage, biologist Sarah Darwin will embark on the Clipper Stad
Amsterdam. The journey will focus especially on the changes the earth is
going through. Is mankind destroying life on earth, or is that an
overstatement?

Sarah will be joined by a film crew and a constantly changing
international company of renowned scientists, writers, philosophers, artists
and descendants of Charles Darwin. Among them Christopher Lloyd, Peter Ward,
Michael Heckenberger, Spencer Wells, James Moore, Randal Keynes and Daniel
Dennett. But also American actor John Malkovich, who will search for the
changes in the mind of Charles Darwin. With these and many other guests, the
producers of the Beagle project will examine the future of the species on
earth.

Sarah Darwin's departure is the beginning of an incredible 8-month trip
around the world. Beagle, on the future of species is a European project of
the Dutch and Flemish public broadcasting companies VPRO and Canvas. As
Charles Darwin contemplated the origin of species on Earth, the producers and
their guests on the Beagle project will address their future. This
adventurous voyage can be followed on http://www.onthefutureofspecies.nl,
24/7.

The start of such an exhilarating expedition must not go by
unnoticed, therefore a noteworthy event will take place. Many descendants of
Charles Darwin, such as Randal Keynes and Emma Darwin, will, together with
the Lord Mayor of Plymouth, Rear Admiral Ian Moncrieff and the national and
international press, receive a chance to climb on board the Clipper and share
their stories, before the ship sets sail. Subsequently, an Armada of boats,
currently present at the harbour of Plymouth, will escort the 'Clipper Stad
Amsterdam' to the open sea.

Source: VPRO Communicatie

Note to the editor: For further information, please contact VPRO, Liza Geurts, +31-35-6712188, Email: l.geurts@vpro.nl

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