Eden Project Morecambe, UK
This project re-imagines Morecambe as a seaside resort for the 21st Century, inspiring wonder and a connection with the natural world.
Eden Project Portland, UK
Eden Project Portland is a partnership between MEMO and the Eden Project. It will be an underground cathedral where the ancient art of stone carving and cutting-edge technology will combine to breathe life into stories of biodiversity, extinction and evolution.
Funding totalling £1.3 million was secured by Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) through the Government’s Local Growth Fund to create a unique tourist attraction on Portland. This is expected to attract 340,000 visitors a year, 100 FTE all year round jobs plus an ongoing programme for 30 apprentices in the Portland Community and an additional 120 jobs in the local economy.
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Eden Portland invites you to explore a subterranean labyrinth – a complex of mine tunnels that will be transformed into an unparalleled immersive space.
The tunnels are cut from the same Portland stone that built St Paul’s Cathedral and the UN building in New York, whose embedded fossils inspired the first theories of extinction in the 17th century.
Using a provocative, playful and thoughtful fusion of science, art and storytelling the project will focus attention, engage emotions and inspire action. It will be a space for thinkers, scientists, educators and artists to interpret the story of life on Earth.
In doing so, it will explore the profound threats posed to modern biodiversity by the actions of humanity, identify emerging solutions and innovations, and provide hope for a future that is safe, joyful and fulfilling.
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