“Buried in a steep-sided clay crater, deep within the southwest corner of England you will find The Eden Project; a global garden, home to more than 1 million plants from 5000 different species and housing the worlds largest rainforest in captivity. The site was formally opened on 17th March 2001 after a successful bid to the Millennium commission secured a £37.5 million investment, helping transform the 35 acre site into nothing anyone had seen before. A small group of people who wanted to make a difference, some brilliant entrepreneurial minds, 7 years and 83,000 tonnes of soil later, the Eden Project you see today was constructed. Displaying over 20 exhibits, weaving human stories and tales of historic adventure around the plants to engage visitors and encourage them to think about our relationship with the natural world you can visit this wonderful place all year round in Cornwall, England.”
The Eden Project places a huge emphasis on sustainable living and nothing displays this more greatly than the crops that feed the world exhibit. Here visitors are educated on overconsumption and population growth. It is estimated there will be over 7 billion people inhabiting earth by 2050 and that’s a whole lot of mouths to feed and a lot less land to use in order to do so. There are many developing countries who face huge challenges such as climate change, land grabs, conflicts and are struggling to produce enough food for the population. In contrast, developed countries have vast supplies of cheap food which is consequently wasted.
Read more about this amazing project at: “EscapeMedic.com“
“Guests of the project are taken on a journey in which they see how plants have changed the world and the ways in which they may continue to do so. Eden itself is a wonderful example of how an old mining site can be reclaimed into a celebration of nature where gardeners can experiment with new varieties of plants capable of thriving in future climates.”
Read more about this amazing project at: “EscapeMedic.com“
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