How can I make a difference in the planetary emergency?
Rapid climate change, increasing sea levels, rising temperatures, biodiversity loss, deforestation and pollution. The planet is in a state of emergency. If the planet’s health is threatened, so is ours.
This is one of the greatest challenges humans have ever faced. Solving it will be the greatest achievement of our time. We are here to demonstrate that it can be done. Become part of the global movement – the time to act is now.
Find out what we are doing, and what you can do – as an individual or by joining with others.
Energy | Food and water | Nature | Community
Energy
Why use renewable energy?
Energy
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Geothermal energy
Our geothermal plant has been producing heat since June 2023. It heats our Biomes, helping us to completely phase out fossil fuel use. It heats our plant nursery, Growing Point, where we grow plants for our gardens, restaurants and shops.
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Electric vehicles
We use a fleet of Volvo electric vehicles on-site and provide electric car charge points for our visitors.
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Becoming climate positive
We’re on the journey to net zero and have committed to becoming a climate-positive organisation by 2030. This means we are aiming to take more greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere than we add by creating carbon sinks and protecting nature.
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Future Eden Projects
We’re designing future Eden Projects to be built and run sustainably. Designed with low carbon, circular systems which recover water, recycle resources and generate their own energy or use renewable energy.
Energy
You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. You must decide what kind of difference you want to make.
Food and Water
Why does what I eat matter?
Food and water
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Healthy people, healthy planet
We celebrate good food – supporting healthy people and a healthy planet, taking a food system rather than a food product approach.
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Local and seasonal
85% of our food ingredients are locally sourced. We use Cornish meat, dairy and eggs in our cafés as well as Cornish salad leaves, when they are in season.
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Reducing waste
We recycle our food waste. A third is recycled on-site in our aerobic composter and is used to feed the plants. The remainder is used to make heat and electricity.
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Saving water
We harvest and recycle water on-site. Around two-thirds of the water we use comes from what we collect and is used to irrigate plants, top up the rainforest waterfall and flush loos. We also monitor and track water quality through our engineering systems and use innovative chemical-free cleaning products, to reduce pollution.
Food
Without leaving home, we can eat and drink our way around the world. We have the power to help, harm or heal the planet just by deciding what’s for dinner.
Biodiversity
Why does nature matter?
Plants and biodiversity
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Regenerating nature
We work to regenerate nature, helping to maintain and create carbon sinks and reduce climate change.
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Protecting and restoring wildflower meadows
Eden is home to The National Wildflower Centre and Eden Project Wildflower Bank, which bring biodiversity, delight and colour into the lives of communities across the UK by creating new wildflower habitats.
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Connecting people with nature
We run programmes for all ages that help people connect with each other and with nature, improving lives while caring for and protecting the planet.
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Supporting education
We provide a wealth of learning opportunities for all ages to help people better understand their place in the natural world and inspire them to play their part in its future.
Plants
From root to canopy, plants are the Earth’s arterial veins, through which the lifeblood of all the world's living things flows.
Community
Are we stronger together?
Community
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Storytelling
Humans are hardwired for stories, so we use them to inspire and motivate people to understand and care for their world.
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Supporting people to make positive change where they live
Our UK wide Eden Project Communities work brings people together to make a positive change where they live and create more resilient communities.
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The Big Lunch
Every year, millions of neighbours come together for a Big Lunch to share friendship, food and fun. Communities thrive when people know and look out for each other.
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Inspiring change-makers
Our Schools Team provide resources and training for teachers to inspire nature-connected teaching and learning in nature-filled schools.
Community
Much like an innocuous handful of seeds has the power to bloom into a thriving wild habitat, a handful of people can change the course of history.