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Rainforest Biome stars in new David Attenborough documentary

December 23, 2010

Author: Hannah

Tune into the new David Attenborough wildlife documentary on Christmas Day and you’ll spot Eden’s Rainforest Biome. Sir David and the film crew came down to Eden to shoot parts of ‘Flying Monsters 3D’, which tells the story of pterosaurs – flying vertebrates with a wingspan of up to 45 feet that lived 200 million [...]

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First Cornish businesses to complete Eden’s sustainability course

December 22, 2010

Author: Hannah

The first group of Cornish businesses have just completed Eden’s Green Foundation sustainability course – and they tell us they’re excited about the next steps in greening their organisations. 35 participants from enterprises as varied as Newquay Zoo and the Falmouth Docks & Engineering Co. have spent 10 days over the last few months learning about everything from [...]

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Geothermal power plant at Eden gets go-ahead

December 17, 2010

Author: Hannah

Great news – we’ve just been given planning permission to build a geothermal power plant at Eden. We’re collaborating with EGS Energy to bring the revolutionary green technology to Eden, where it will draw energy from deep below the earth’s surface to produce heat and electricity. The plant should produce up to 4MW of electrical capacity, [...]

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Categories:: Cornwall, Environment, Sustainability
Tags:: Cornwall, Environment, Geothermal, renewable energy, Sustainability

Today’s Plant Record: ‘Kaap’ren Varen’, by Fungus

November 26, 2010

Author: Chris

‘Kaap’ren Varen’ – Fungus For a bit of fun on Fridays Chris Bisson, the guy who maintains all the recorded information on Eden’s plant collection as our Plant Records Manager, recommends his favourite “plant records” – that is, songs that are in some way linked to a plant. Fungus, a Dutch Folk Rock band from the early [...]

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Eden team heads to Chile to talk mines

November 26, 2010

Author: Hannah

Chile has certainly been in the news recently, so what better place for a mining conference? Our responsible mining team are out there this week, sharing Eden’s inspiration and expertise on what to do when mines reach the end of their working life. Members of our Post-Mining Alliance are giving a talk at the international [...]

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Local school lanterns safe from flood waters

November 17, 2010

Author: Mikki

14.30: We’re really pleased that the lanterns that we’ve been creating with local schools for the St Austell Torchlight Carnival have survived the torrential rains and are safe, dry and looking as beautiful as ever. The delicate lanterns were being made in our Dome Tent, which is right at the bottom of the site, where [...]

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Categories:: Art, Community, Cornwall, Education, Environment, Recycling and waste
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Heavy rain has caused severe flooding at Eden

November 17, 2010

Author: Mikki

14.00: We’ve been here in full force since early this morning, cleaning up, undertaking controlled pumping across the site and taking stock of the situation here at Eden. Based on our current assessment it looks like we’ll be closed to visitors for the time being. We’ll be reviewing this hour-by-hour. There’s a lot of smart [...]

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Categories:: Community, Cornwall, Environment, Water

This week’s Plant Record

November 5, 2010

Author: Chris

(For a bit of fun, every Friday our Plant Records Manager, Chris Bisson, the guy who maintains all the recorded information on our plant collections, will do a regular blog slot where he recommends his favourite “plant records” – that is, songs that are in some way linked to a plant. (Do you see what [...]

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What’s the scariest thing in the rainforest?

October 18, 2010

Author: Mikki

Next week the Eden Project will be opening at night so you can venture deep into the Rainforest Biome and experience the primitive power of the rainforest in the dark. Take a peek at what you might find… The event skate and scream will give you a whole new way of looking at the rainforest, [...]

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