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Our mission: sustainability

At Eden, we work on regenerative sustainability – making things better not just less bad; environmentally, socially and economically.  

For example, transforming a worked-out quarry into a global garden, improving wellbeing by providing opportunities for people to connect with nature, and creating jobs in an area of economic deprivation.

We like to call ourselves Spaceship Eden, a place where we can demonstrate to people that we can live with the grain of nature, and that transformation is possible.

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Explore sustainability at Eden

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Sustainable operations

We practice sustainable operations at Eden, from making our own compost to producing our own energy.

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Connecting to nature

Our learning opportunities, from preschool to degree level and beyond, connect people of all ages with the natural world and play their part in shaping the future.

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Restoring habitats

We’re home to the National Wildflower Centre, working to reverse ecological decline and bring wildflowers back into the UK’s living culture.

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Clean energy

We're a partner on a groundbreaking geothermal energy project right here on our site.

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Electric fleet

Our Official Automotive Partner, Volvo, have provided us with a fleet of pure electric vehicles to help our team get around site.

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Facilitating change

Our creative leadership experiences enable individuals and organisations to bring about sustainable change.

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Sustainability in action at Eden

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Degrees

We offer a specialist portfolio of higher education courses, in our unique, world-renowned setting.

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Becoming climate positive: Eden's journey

We’re ‘walking the talk’, transforming our operating systems to eradicate emissions from energy and transport and designing our future Eden Projects to be working exemplars of regenerative transformation.

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The future of food

What we eat and how it is produced affects the health of the planet, as well as our bodies. Revolutionising food and agriculture can combat climate change, biodiversity loss and help turn the planetary emergency around. 

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Join a growing movement

By supporting Eden today – by joining as a Member, or making a donation – you’ll help us to continue to deliver transformational projects which can help change the world for the better.
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