Eden

by TimSmit (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.28

  The opening of the Eden Project in Cornwall in March 2001 brought a welcome touch of flamboyance and optimisim to a country that was somewhat lacking in both. The hundreds of thousands who have since poured through the gates of the Living Theatre of Plants and People have been left in no doubt that here was a venture of unparalleled ambition and imagination, and one that just might change the world in the way it intends. In this book, creator Tim Smit tells the story of the project, of its conception and construction, and of the larger-than-life personalities involved.

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.28

  'With passion and commitment thousands of small people built Eden as a symbol of hope in action...We may all have feet of clay, but that shouldn't stop us trying to make a difference. Wouldn't we all rather look back and say, I'm glad I did, rather than I wish I had ? Some might smile at the naivety of such ambition, believing it to be impossible. We say, Demand the impossible .' So said Tim Smit and thus was the impossible delivered: a living theatre of plants and people and their interdependence, housed in a disused china clay pit and featuring the world's largest greenhouses. Well over five million visitors have since made their way to Eden, drawn by the astonishing, visionary ambition of its founders. This is Tim's story of how it all came about: the Project's genesis in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, its design and construction against all the odds, its supremely talented team of larger-than-life personalities. Above all, how the energy that brought the vision to life is being applied to possible futures. It is a vision for all to share.