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Just £5 for Eden Locals’ Annual Pass for residents of Cornwall and Devon
If you live in Cornwall or Devon, make the most of visits to Eden throughout the year with a one-year Locals’ Annual Pass for just £5, or two years for £10. We’re running this special offer for locals until Friday 10 February 2012. Don’t worry, if you can’t visit straight away but are keen to [...]
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Royal message for Big Lunch street party organisers
Exciting news – The Queen has sent a personal message of support for organisers of Big Lunch street parties and neighbourhood get-togethers taking place as part of her Diamond Jubilee celebrations on 3 June. Since Eden Project kick-started the annual Big Lunch initiative in 2009, millions of people have held events, ranging from street parties [...]
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Free entry weekends for specified groups
Eden wouldn’t be the success it is without the invaluable support of our friends, which is whywe run special offers from time to time. On the following dates, we’re offering free entry to the specified groups: Friday 20, Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 January 2012: volunteers and charity workers Friday 27, Saturday 28 and Sunday [...]
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Free tools for school and community gardens in Cornwall
Budding gardeners, young and old, are being given the chance to win sets of special tools. The trowels, forks, hoes and more have been recycled through Eden’s Tool Shed initiative, which gives inmates at prisons around the country the opportunity to learn new skills. The project has been running since last spring, when we teamed [...]
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Inspirational community engagement case studies
If you’re looking to get a local project off the ground or need advice on neighbourhood planning and community engagement, take a look at our downloadable case studies full of ideas and inspiration. We’ve put them together for anyone looking for refreshing and creative approaches to kickstart conversations about where they live and work, which [...]
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Why use bamboo?
It’s easy to underestimate the humble bamboo as just panda food. But in fact many people rely on it around the world. It’s such a versatile material, providing scaffolding, clothing, tools, paper, chopsticks, bikes, toys, food and drink, to name just a few. Bamboo is actually a type of grass – one of the fastest growing [...]
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- antibacterial, bamboo, chopping board, Sustainability
Christmas in Cornwall: video of Eden’s winter festival
If you’re in need of some warmth and light on these long, cold evenings, join us for our winter festival. We’re open late on certain evenings throughout December, for craft activities, music and song, food and drink, plus storytelling, massage and comedy for all the family – all topped off with a magical lantern parade. [...]
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Free neighbourhood planning event for communities
If you’re inspired by the idea of helping shape where you live, then the forthcoming neighbourhood Planning Camp at the Eden Project could for you. The three-day, residential event has been designed to give residents and community leaders the know-how, inspiration and confidence to return home and make a real difference to the future of [...]
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How to plan your own neighbourhood
Ever wanted to have a go at designing your own neighbourhood? Ever felt that you and your neighbours know best where the extra bike lanes should go, where you could do with some extra parent-child parking spaces? Or that your community could run the recycling services better than the council does? The chances are that [...]
New video on Eden’s uplifting social and environmental projects
You’d be right in thinking that the Eden Project is a memorable day out in Cornwall. But did you know that Eden is also a charity and social enterprise that’s involved in all sorts of social and environmental projects? We’ve put together a new video to showcase some of these transformational programmes, from inspirational workshops [...]
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