13 Facts About Eden Project

1.

Eden Project is a visitor attraction in Cornwall, England, UK.

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2.

Eden Project was used as a filming location for the 2002 James Bond film Die Another Day.

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3.

On 2 July 2005 The Eden Project hosted the "Africa Calling" concert of the Live 8 concert series.

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4.

In 2005, the Eden Project launched "A Time of Gifts" for the winter months, November to February.

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5.

Eden Project was conceived by Tim Smit and Jonathan Ball, and designed by Grimshaw Architects and structural engineering firm Anthony Hunt Associates .

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The copper was obtained from traceable sources, and the Eden Project is working with Rio Tinto Group to explore the possibility of encouraging further traceable supply routes for metals, which would enable users to avoid metals mined unethically.

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Eden Project includes environmental education focusing on the interdependence of plants and people; plants are labelled with their medicinal uses.

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8.

In December 2010 the Eden Project received permission to build a geothermal electricity plant which will generate approx 4MWe, enough to supply Eden and about 5000 households.

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9.

In 2018, the Eden Project revealed its design for a new version of the project, located on the seafront in Morecambe, Lancashire.

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10.

In May 2021, it was announced that the Eden Project had chosen the site of the former gasworks in Dundee as the location where it hoped to establish its first attraction in Scotland.

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11.

In 2020, Eastbourne Borough Council and the Eden Project announced a joint project to explore the viability of a new Eden site in the South Downs National Park.

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12.

In 2015, the Eden Project announced that it had reached an agreement to construct an Eden site in Qingdao, China.

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13.

Eden Project has appeared in various television shows and films such as the James Bond film Die Another Day, The Bad Education Movie, in the Netflix series The Last Bus and in the Cbeebies show Andy's Aquatic Adventure.

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