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Green business course wins top award

November 18, 2011
Author: Hannah

Our sustainability training programme for businesses has just won a top award. Green Foundation scooped the prize for Best Business Support Through Mentoring and Education at the Western Morning News Business Awards last night. Since it started in October 2010, the course has worked with 315 people from 273 businesses in the local area. Designed [...]

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New video on Eden’s uplifting social and environmental projects

August 25, 2011
Author: Hannah

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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Free carbon-focused business event at Eden

August 17, 2011
Author: Hannah

On 11 October 2011 we’re hosting a half-day event for Cornish companies to find out about the low-carbon business opportunities in the county and to understand what national carbon reduction policies mean for local firms. With cabinet ministers having agreed a legally binding ‘green deal committing the UK to two decades of drastic cuts in [...]

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New online tool shows carbon footprint of everything

August 5, 2011
Author: Hannah

Well ok, not everything, but our new Show me the carbon tool does tell you a lot about a whole load of products and processes in our everyday lives – from the carbon emissions produced by a bowl of vegetables or a takeaway burger to a holiday in Barbados or a trip to Glasgow. Did [...]

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Climate change debate at Eden 30 June

June 29, 2011
Author: Hannah

Don’t forget our Future Features climate change debate, taking place in the Mediterranean Biome on Thursday. Come along at 12 noon to help shape the debate in a live panel discussion. Chaired by journalist and co-founder of Instigate Debate, Mark Donne, your questions will be answered by a panel that includes oceanographer Simon Boxall, campaigner [...]

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Eden co-hosts Construction in the Green Economy conference

May 6, 2011
Author: Hannah

Industry experts from the south west are gathering at Eden on 11 May for a special conference on sustainable construction. The Institution of Civil Engineers event focuses on how the sector can deliver building projects sustainably within the context of climate change legislation and financial constraints. Discussions will centre on what the government’s green agenda [...]

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Win tickets to Eden Sessions: enter our climate competition

April 30, 2011
Author: Hannah

Aged 16–25 and got what it takes to be a prize winning film maker or writer? Use your talent to make a difference and raise awareness of climate change in our unique competition. Together with Cape Farewell, the project that helps people to engage in the subject of climate change by combining science with music and [...]

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The future is bright, the future is low-carbon: Transition Town man Rob Hopkins

April 20, 2011
Author: Guest

Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition Network, is a man gearing up for climate change and peak oil. The good news is that he says he can taste a brighter future already. A low-carbon world, a post-oil, resilient world isn’t something abstract and notional, rather it is something we can already taste in the world [...]

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The five scariest places on Earth – environmental journalist Fred Pearce

April 15, 2011
Author: Guest

Environmental journalist Fred Pearce picks the five scariest places he’s been around the world – from natural habitats under threat to spots where the effects of climate change are plain to see. Yet he remains optimistic. I’ve visited some 70 countries in the last 20 years trying to make sense of the world – its [...]

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Eden Project to drastically increase energy efficiency

April 11, 2011
Author: Hannah

We’ve just unveiled a raft of new energy efficiency measures designed to cut our emissions by a quarter over the next two years. The upgrades to our technical systems – lights, boilers, controls – will also save us £160,000 a year. Here’s the technical stuff, explained in layman’s terms: A new Building Management System What [...]

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