The five scariest places on Earth – environmental journalist Fred Pearce

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

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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Explorer Ranulph Fiennes’ survival tips for the planet

Britain’s most famous explorer, Ranulph Fiennes, shares some pearls of wisdom for Eden’s 10th birthday – on how to survive, thrive and even tackle the scary stuff like climate change. The Eden Project is all about human survival; about what we can do to stop the perils like the hole in the ozone. We need [...]

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Eden creates Ray of Hope for endangered plant

This gorgeous little flower is a unique variety of Busy Lizzie that our gardening team has bred here at the Eden Project, from an endangered wild species found in the Seychelles. It’s called Ray of Hope, because there are only around 100 plants of its parent variety left in the wild. We crossed this rare [...]

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Short film on the climate change debate

For those who couldn’t make it last week, there is now a short film of the BBC World One Planet Pre-Copenhagen debate at Eden.

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Eden hosts major climate debate ahead of Copenhagen summit

Eden played its part in the debate surrounding the forthcoming Copenhagen climate conference yesterday (Thursday December 3) by hosting a landmark discussion between some of the world’s top environmental thinkers for the BBC World Service’s One Planet programme.

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Climate change debate

On the eve of the UN Copenhagen climate conference we’ll be hosting a BBC World Service debate between some of the world’s foremost environmental thinkers.

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Cape Farewell: pioneers of the cultural response to climate change

The Eden Project and Cape Farewell invite you to the première of Beth Derbyshire’s live performance and film work, Anthem, with music by Ulrike Haage.

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Art, Environment, Music

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This Friday at Eden

We’re holding an open public meeting on Friday November 6 about our plan to build a geothermal power plant. You can find out more about the background to this exciting project here and we really hope to see you at the meeting.  On the same evening our monthly Arts Café  presents Climate Revolution from 7 – [...]

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Eden welcomes PM’s announcement on 10,000 green placements

The Eden Project today welcomed Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Labour Party conference announcement of 10,000 new green work placements, a programme to be delivered in partnership with Eden. Outlining how the Government plans to unlock the talents of the young, Mr Brown said: “I can also announce that we will work with the Eden Project and Mayday Network to create the biggest group of green work placements we have ever done – up to 10,000 green job placements so that our young people can make the most of the opportunities of the low carbon economy and open it up for their abilities to flourish.”

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