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Written by Steven Dowd
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 Mark Dowd has been Operation Noah’s director of education and communications since January 2008. He was born in Manchester and was educated by the De La Salle brothers at a Roman Catholic Direct Grant school. After studying politics at Exeter University, he pursued a vocation as a Dominican friar before being tempted out of religious life by a postgraduate degree in International Relations at St Antony’s College Oxford. This proved a useful base for twelve years in the BBC on Newsnight and Panorama.
In 2001, Mark became a national figure in front of the camera, fronting a number of award-winning documentaries on Channel Four, including Children of Abraham: a post 9/11 journey through the monotheistic faiths and Tsunami: Where was God? He was awarded the prestigious “Religious Broadcaster of the Year” by the Churches’ Media Council, in June 2006.
His most recent film, GOD IS GREEN, which challenged the world’s faiths over climate change, aired in February 2007. This is the documentary in which the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, was challenged to give up flying for a year.
“Making that film totally changed my life,” says Mark. “I had never really appreciated the urgency of the climate science, nor had I really ever thought this was central to my faith.”
In his time with Operation Noah, Mark has taken part in dozens of TV and press interviews and has probably spoken to more than 10,000 people in various conferences, church gatherings and schools.
He tries to accept as many invitations as his diary permits, so if you have an event that needs support from Operation Noah, drop us a line at:
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