The Eden Project
The Eden Project is educational charity and social enterprise with the global mission to create a movement that builds relationships between people and the natural world and to demonstrate the power of working together for the benefit of all living things. This project showcases human’s dependence on plants and demonstrates technological ingenuity and the regeneration of landscapes and livelihoods.
It is based in Cornwall, England, UK and is located in a reclaimed china clay pit. The complex is dominated by two huge enclosures consisting of adjoining domes that house thousands of plant species, and each enclosure emulates a natural biome. The biomes consist of hundreds of hexagonal and pentagonal ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) inflated cells supported by geodesic tubular steel domes. The larger of the two biomes simulates a rainforest environment (and is the largest indoor rainforest in the world) and the second, a Mediterranean environment.
In December 2020 the project was closed after heavy rain caused several landslips at the site. Managers at the site are assessing the damage and will announce when the project will reopen on the company’s website. Reopening became irrelevant as Covid lockdown measures in the UK indefinitely closed the venue from early 2021, though it had reopened by May 2021 after remedial works had taken place. The site was used for an event during the 2021 G7 Summit, hosted by the United Kingdom.[
Drilling began in May 2021 for their Geothermal Energy Project, and it was expected the project would be completed by 2023.
Location: Cornwall, England, UK
Website: https://www.edenproject.com
Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8unx8-pZxg
Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuOjoU27wx4&feature=emb_logo
