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Then we explored around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We punctuated the day by going into the biomes, but I\u2019m going to talk about outside and inside separately. Here goes\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first thing we did was the Climate Zigzag. This highlights climate change and what we can do about it. It drives home the same message of the 2040 film \u2013 one of the best made, about what our Earth will be like in the year of the title, and how we have the skills and technologies enough to change it for the better, halt the climate crisis, and save the world. If you haven\u2019t watched 2040, YOU NEED TO! as it shows so many of the innovations needed currently. We need a real-life superhero right now, and that superhero\u2019s sidekick just might be the Eden Project? I don\u2019t always think about climate change very hard, and just thinking about it normally doesn\u2019t give me the same feeling, but when I get into the hard truth of it all it really scares me. This is a bigger challenge than any that civilization, even the human race, has ever faced \u2013 we will have a mass extinction event if we don\u2019t sort the word out. In the words of Sir David Attenborough: \u201cWe are, after all, the greatest problem solvers to have ever existed on earth\u201d \u2013 so why don\u2019t we do something about it!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another thing outdoors was food. All our food, though sometimes indirectly, comes from plants or funghi. How are we going to feed Earth\u2019s population when there are 9 billion people on it? Well, obviously more people are going to have to eat more plants. There was a section covering this outdoors too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two so called \u2018biomes\u2019 at the Eden project. The first we went in was the Rainforest biome, which was hot \u2013 far hotter than I expected to feel it. I realised this was because I had got used to our cold climate, and if we went back to the tropics, where we used to live, I would have to reacclimatize. We were reminiscing about the plants that we had seen while there, and finding the interesting facts about the different ways plants live and are used. I especially liked the canopy walkway and bit where you run through the water vapour jets \u2013 they\u2019re so cool! Later in the day, we went into the Mediterranean biome, which isn\u2019t only about the Mediterranean; Australia, South Africa, California, they all have sections for them in the similar environment. You could clearly see the different landscapes by the different types of plant, but what impressed Mum the most was the large collection of chilli species! For your information, apparently chilli hotness is measured on the Scoville scale (cool name!) and the hottest chilli in the world is the Carolina Reaper. I didn\u2019t see it at the Eden Project, but you never know\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aside from these, elsewhere at the Eden Project there was a sculpture that blew out smoke rings, loads of other plants and exhibits on them, a really good ice cream place, and loads of other interesting information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We had to leave the Eden Project the next day, but we have already been formulating plans that might get us back there, as the tickets last for a year. However, on our way down to Coverack (our next stop) we popped in to the Lost Gardens of Heligan to have a look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It turned out that the Heligan project was started by the same person as did Eden. These gardens were lost after WWI made the gardeners go out to fight. Some didn\u2019t return, and the owner died too, so the distant relative who inherited it only found it again about 30 years ago! Since then, a massive restoration project has taken place, and once again, though it is an ongoing process like all gardens, you can go and visit it. We first wandered round the kitchen gardens, and then the estate. I would definitely recommend it for enthusiasts in flora \u2013 if you haven\u2019t already packed your bags to go to the Eden project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hey Blog! In this post we\u2019re going back to Genesis; here comes Eden! (Project). And also, the Lost Gardens of Heligan, one of the best liked gardens in the country! Last week I left off with Restormel castle. Well, shortly after that we arrived at one of the utmost top attractions, the Eden Project. 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