Eden Project Annual Review 2008 2009

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SUBJECT

YEAR

Eden Project

Annual Review

2008/09


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DATE NAME

FEBRUARY2010


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This is not your average annual review.

We want to give you a feel for what Edenis about and what weve achieved in the

past year. From Mud Between Your Toes

and Great Day Out, to Gardens for Lifeand Climate Revolution, Eden continues tobe a catalyst for change and a force to raiseawareness and tackle some of the toughestchallenges facing us and our world.

This is our year we hope you enjoy it.

We did!

Contents

04 This is a limited edition: Letter rom Chie Executive

06 This is a classroom: Edens approach to education

12 This is a play station: The role o play

16 This is social networking: Better communication

20 This is a return on investment: Working in

the community

26 This is illuminating: Operational perormance

32 This is asset management: Summary o nances

38 This is our uture: Plans or uture periods

41 Whos who

42 List o unders

43 Your notes


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An area o tropical rainorest the size o a ootball pitch is destroyedevery our seconds. I we lose the battle against tropical deorestationwe lose the battle against climate change.HRH, The Prince o Wales

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Congratulations, you are the ten millionth visitor.Who? Me or her? Well, let me see, I said, switlymoving on. I escorted them on to the viewingplatorm or a photo opportunity, shook handsand presented them with Lietime Membership.Ten million people is the combined populationso the twenty smallest nations on earth or 0.16 othe largest.

A year is a long time. We have described this year

as the one in which Eden has grown up. By thiswe mean that we are running the destination withcondence and have resisted the desire to ollowtraditional paths o communication. The EdenProject is a limited edition. The way we approachthings and the way we communicate ourmessages are oten unconventional. Ourambitions stretch to take the narrative abouthow we as a society can meet the extraordinarychallenges that the next orty years are going tothrow at us out into the wider world; a huge, andsome may say, unreasonable challenge. Well, I

take comort rom Mark Twain who remarked that

i reasonable men bend themselves to the wayso the world, it stands to reason that only theunreasonable can change it.

Eden should be about being unreasonable.Its very creation wasnt reasonable. Many othe people that work here let antastically good

jobs elsewhere to come and throw their lot inhere. That isnt reasonable is it? When you seethousands o amilies building dens in the arena

in summer, or alling on their backsides skatingin the magical twinkliness o Time o Gits in thewinter, you know its worth it. When you seethem gasping at the heat and abundance othe rainorest or the heady aromas o theMediterranean and then look anew at their ownworld outside the Biome doors you know itsworth it. When you meet the teachers rom India,Kenya and the UK who are transorming the liveso thousands o children on our Gardens for Lifeprogramme or see the inspirational work o ourcommunities team with The Great Day Out

programme which works with the socially

As I shufed forward andintroduced myself to the startledcouple who had just gone throughticketing, I felt like the presenteron a supermarket challenge.


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excluded, you know its worth it. Eden is aboutfesh and blood, the emotional responses andsolutions that come rom conversations rounda thousand kitchen tables untainted by systems,processes and institutional policies. Eden isrst and oremost about reminding us o ourdependence on, and connection to, the naturalworld. Our wonderul plant collections are asimple metaphor or this, our construction isinspired by this and the way we go about ourbusiness takes as its starting point an ecologicalperspective that is sometimes called SocialEnterprise; put simply it is a refection on ourdesire to make what we have give the greatestpossible benet to the widest number o people.

We have plans, which included starting The BigLunch in July this year. Our hope was to encouragepeople to get out into the streets to meet theirneighbours and challenge the assumption that welive in a world going to hell in a handcart. We arenot; we are living at a time which will ask the best

o us and we believe we will not be ound wanting.We can play a part in describing what a brightuture might look like and how we might get thereand hope that our talent or riendship will createa culture that brings people o hugely varying lieexperience and disciplines together, in an eortto challenge the way we do things. Progress hascome at such a price to our sense o wellbeingand to the condition o our planet, our moral

compass has been disoriented by over-respector the ree market. Our democratic processesare overridden by the ear and needs o nowand a misplaced belie that the past was a betterplace. It wasnt and never has been. It is simplythe wailing o the weak and rightened by a uturewhich is ours to make.

As long as there is lie at Eden I hope that we willbe unreasonable in our desire to see an educationsystem that prepares us or living in the naturalworld, connected to it, respectul o it and allthat it does to sustain us. We are unreasonablein our hope that The Princes Rainorest Project,with its aspiration o reaching a global consensusand eld o action or the conservation o therainorests, will work out. And unreasonable inour demand that leaders should step up to theplate to deliver a vision that our hope deserves.

The Age o Reason may have delivered to us theIndustrial Revolution and the giant leaps that

came with it across all the sciences. However,reasons use is tempered in the hands o mediocreambition and when that time has come, andit is now, the only answer is to be passionatelyunreasonable.

Tim SmitChie Executive


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The Eden Project is an educational charity aiming topromote the understanding o the vital relationshipbetween plants and people.


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When the Eden Project was built the theme opeoples dependence on plants and the naturalworld was important- and the way Eden hasbrought it alive in many dierent ways hasattracted an audience o millions o people.This is about connections we dare not lose.It is about understanding who we are.

Since then this theme has only become morerelevant; how to respond to the ull gamut o

environmental challenges has become the mosturgent shared issue across the world. Thecommitment to an 80% reduction in carbonemissions by 2050 will demand the best o us:imaginative, collaborative social change andinnovation on a massive scale. And todaysyoung people will grow up through a periodo extraordinary transormation.

Eden has an understanding o the barriers to thischange aced by individuals and an ability toengage on a personal level in order to: Engage and excite people about the

opportunities. Provide people with examples o success they can

relate to, understand and copy. Give them a compelling narrative and vision or a

better uture. Give them the support, training and network they

need to eect change.

The Eden narrative is one o our dependency onthe natural world in order to rst help peoplerealise why we must change the way we currentlylive. Secondly, the Eden message is one o hope,optimism and inspiration, showing people how thenecessary adaptation can be achieved in a way thatis both believable and palatable. Thirdly, Edensinsight is that whilst individual action is important,it is only through collective action that we willachieve the degree o change required in the

available timescales.


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Our main objectives or 2008/09 were:

The next 24 pages highlight our achievements andperormance in striving to meet these objectives.

To further develop Edens Mud betweenyour Toes programme and play activity.

To expand Edens support for childrenslearning and engagement outside school.

To step up Edens involvement in localcommunity issues and development.

To develop new income streams tosupport the educational work ofthe charity.

To be more proactive in the explanationof Eden as a charity and our need to

fundraise.


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Public EducationEvery one o our visitors will have been, to agreater or lesser extent, exposed to the uniqueeducational experience provided at Eden, withoutnecessarily eeling like they were being educated.We aim to oer an experience which is personal,relevant and a thought provoking voyage odiscovery.

The core public education mission o Eden isbased on the premise that the 21st century isbringing many challenges: increasing energycosts, moving and rising populations, plant andanimal extinctions, ood security issues andeconomic shits all set against a background oclimate change. Anticipating all o the surprisesahead and the transormations we will livethrough is impossible.

Mankinds creativity, ingenuity, understanding,science, technology, enterprise, humanity andability to maintain healthy communities andresilient societies will be imperative.

Eden provides a stage on which we show some othe choices we can make to oster a better world:making connections between peoples lives and

the issues, building an understanding that wecan rise to the challenges and ace the uture withhope. Through storytelling, art and music we aimto engage, entertain, inspire the imagination andensure our messages linger in the memory.

During the year that ended 29 March 2009Eden welcomed some 1.06 million visitorsof which nearly 190,000 were children.This took the total number of visitorsto the Eden Project to over 10 million

in just its eighth year after full opening.


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Formal EducationIn addition to the members o the public, some47,262 school or college pupils visited during2008/9 in organised groups. We also welcomed5,445 visitors in organised groups rom ormaltertiary education centres and 21,852 studentsin urther and higher education.

Our core school programmes are participativeand interactive learning adventures that capturethe imagination and hook the learners in, usingquests, challenges, simulations and role-play.In essence, Eden is encouraging discussionaround the nature o education and what we asa society seek rom it. Were reconnecting youngpeople with science: connecting them to theworld around them, and to lie.

We have spent many years rening ourunderstanding o the tools and methods toconvey these complicated issues and, in itsel,this has been a learning curve or the Eden Team.

Through uture campaigns and communicationwe want to share this learning and engage withthe hard to reach sectors o the community.

Possibly one of the most educationally richvenues to have taken groups to visit. I wouldhope all pupils at our school could visit on aright of passage.West Pennard School


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2008 saw 30,000 people take part in our Den Building campaign.It encouraged children and amilies to play together and engagewith the outdoors and, importantly, it ensured that they orgotabout their computer games or the day.


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Our Mud Between Your Toes programme,aimed at getting youngsters engaging withtheir outdoor environment, has gone fromstrength to strength.

Children are spending less and less time outside.Not only are they missing out on a whole world oun, adventure and really cool games, but there aresome serious knock-on eects:

A generation that doesnt understandor value the natural world will not striveto protect it

A generation that doesnt value society

wont work together to save it

The government says lack o play is asdamaging as junk ood

By 2010 one in ve children will beclinically obese

PlayChanging the State o Play aims to connectchildren to nature through play. It has three broadthemes; to develop innovative nature-basedspaces, structures and activities on site. To designnature-based play spaces with community groupsacross Devon, Cornwall and the Isles o Scilly;and to work with children and adults to accessand play in and around natural, wild spaces.Changing the State o Play is unded by the

Big Lottery Fund.


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Den BuildingIn 2008 another 30,000 people built dens overthe summer holidays making a grand total omore than 65,000 since we started this campaign.The idea is or those participating to discoverhow simple activities perormed together canbe bonding, educational and un.

Wild ThursdaysOver the summer o 2008, amilies rom all over

the country came and took part in a series omini challenges to practise team working skills,to get immersed in nature, discover, explore andtune in to the world around us.

Tasks ranged rom building a shelter that resiststhe elements, making charms to ward o anylurking monsters, to toasting marshmallows onthe campre. A wonderul mix o story, challenge,exploration, creativity, design, constructionand celebration.

Left: Getting mud between

their ngers and toes re

connects children with the

environment.

Centre: Thursdays in August

saw 30 people a day

participate in the Wild

Thursdays programme.

Above: In the two years its

been running, over 65,000

have taken part in our den

building programme.

Aimee liked collecting the leaves to coverthe den. Cara liked listening to the story

and making the candles. Mummy enjoyedworking together! Cant think of anything tomake our day more awesome!Wild Thursdays participant


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Eden SessionsOur Sessions attracted 25,683 people during 2008, many owhom came rom a new and sometimes hard-to-reach audience.


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Through rock n roll horticulture and excellentbands, to the Sexy Green Car Show andClimate Revolution Conerence, we enticevisitors who would not otherwise come tothe Project. This creates a diverse networko people we communicate with on a varietyo levels about climate change.

Eden Sessions25,683 people attended the 2008 Eden Sessions,

which included perormances rom The Verve,Kaiser Chies, Raconteurs, KT Tunstall and BillBailey. Sessions tickets included a day pass,which meant many gig-goers visited us thesame or ollowing day.

Climate Revolution Sexy Green Car Show 2008Our Climate Revolution programme is based onthe undamental belie: that the changes societywill undergo as a consequence o climate changeare at least as signicant as the changes that

happened during the Industrial Revolution.

A prime example o the programmes attitudeto positive change is the Sexy Green Car Show,reraming car eciency as a desirablecharacteristic in its own right, and showcasingthe new technologies that will deliver the 90%eciency improvements needed or cars.The show had 43,688 visitors and more cars rommore manuacturers: 2007s pioneers rom Ford,Saab, Volkswagen, Citroen and Toyota were joinedby Honda, Peugeot, SEAT, Fiat, Morgan and Lotus

who exhibited cars o enormous appeal neverbeore seen in the UK.

Climate Revolution ConerenceOctober saw Eden hold its rst Climate RevolutionConerence or 1418 year olds, during which theycould hear talks and participate in workshops onclimate change.

Much of what we do at Eden is aimedat communicating in non-conventionalways using music, art, performanceand storytelling.


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Community NightsOver the winter period we ran a series ocommunity weekends where local people,emergency service workers, Scouts and Guides,armed orces and disadvantaged groups wereable to visit Eden or ree. The aim o theweekends was to say thank you to our neighboursand to encourage community gatherings.

Eden Grows UpCommunication starts at home with the Eden Team,our rontline ambassadors. They are enthusiastic,passionate, well-inormed and perectly placed tospread the Eden message. In January, or the rsttime since we opened in 2001, we closed the siteor two days or Eden Grows Up.

The two-day workshops set out to introduce staand volunteers to our business strategy and plans

or the uture, to enable Team members to explorethe whole o the wider Eden estate and hear aboututure projects, to reinorce the cultural values andbehaviours o the organisation, examine ourcommunication procedures and understand ourdiversity while reinorcing our one-team message.Not to mention to have un! A tall order or 667people over two days, but work is ongoing tocapture the energy and enthusiasm generatedand make sure none o the lessons learnedare overlooked.

Above: Eden Grows Up,

January 2009.

Centre: Eden Sessions

included KT Tunstall

and The Verve. Bill

Bailey saw the Sessionsbranch out into comedy

for the rst time.

Right: Sexy Green Car

Show May 2008.

The Sexy Green Car show couldnt be better

timed the people behind it have a refreshinglyrealistic view of the world. The point of theSexy Green Car Show is that cars arent goingto go away, so why not work to make themcleaner and greener?Sean OGrady, Independent


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We have a wide range o projects working withcommunities both local and urther aeld: romgrowing vegetables to co-ordinating communityinput into major projects.


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Great Day OutEdens Great Day Outprogramme hosts some othe most vulnerable and hard-to-reach people inour community. By providing inspirational, neutralground we aim to break cycles o exclusion andhelp people make positive change.

During 2008/9 the programme has becomewell-established at Eden and has delivered44 tailor-made visits involving 405 homelesspeople, oenders and excluded young people,aged 1660, rom 15 partner organisations inthe southwest.

The programme began in 2007 with undingrom the Department or Communities andLocal Government, with the intention o workingwith people who we want to visit Eden,but who are the least likely to come.

One o our greatest successes in 2008 was aninnovative 20-week photography project which

resulted in 8 students gaining a NationalQualication in Further Education and a 3-monthexhibition at Eden that enabled the passion,talent and determination o the students to shinethrough. Most o them are now enrolled in urthereducation courses, including photography,teaching, and music technology. All evidencethat we are providing more than just a day out.

Our partners tell us that, during and ater a GreatDay Out, all participants show increased positivity,willingness to participate, greater motivationto go into training and volunteering, improvedinteraction between participants and positiveimpacts on mental health. Recent evaluationshowed that 100% o participants enjoyed theirvisit and that 90% wanted to come back. TheBiomes, skating and learning eatured as the mostenjoyable part and hal the participants thoughtEden sta were the most useul element o theday. By the end o the visit 92% intended toimprove their situation or have a positive impacton the environment. Not bad or some o themost disengaged people in our society!


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Bright Young ThingsOn Saturday 31 January 2009, Eden sparkled withthe cream o Cornwall and Devons young creativetalent as part o a collaborative project run by theEducation and Production Teams. 150 youngpeople aged 1320, selected as part o our Bright

Young Things competition, had the opportunity toperorm or exhibit their work around the themeso Bright Young Things / Positive Futures / Hopein the Darkness.

Music was eatured across a range o styles pop,emale vocal harmony, hip-hop and some greatrock acts. The dance and perormance categoryeatured hula-hooping and Taiko drumming aswell as spectacular street-dancing rom localschool and youth groups. Displays o the bestphotography, lm and creative writing entrieswere on display in the Core. The quality o thework was extremely high and the young peoplewere delighted to have the opportunity to showtheir work in such an exciting setting.

42 groups or individuals showed their work roma total o 68 entries. All the young artists received10 guest tickets or their amily and riends andwere invited to a drinks reception in the Core.

The eedback internally and externally has beenextremely positive with a lot o enthusiasm orthe event to be repeated in uture years.

I just thought it was a fabulous experience playingin such an enchanting venue I thoroughlyenjoyed myself and so did the people I broughtto the event.Martin Skews, Musician

The TR14ers have been invited to showcase theirskills at two events as a direct outcome It alsogave them the chance to talk to other creativeyoung people and make new friends and theopportunity for friends and family to share theEden experience and to see the exhibitsand performances.Debbie Stokes, Co-ordinator, TR14ers

Above: Thanks to Kazam Media for the

photo of the winner of the 2009 Bright

Young Things competition TR14ers.

Right: Light at a Time of Darkness by

Jaz Savage was just one of the impressive

entries in the photography category.


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New GroundMany aspects o lie in Britain have changedradically, but ew changes have been moreproound than those seen in rural areas. Fromarming to the nature o rural communities,patterns that have held or centuries havedisappeared completely and the pace o changecontinues. Through an exhaustive nationalenquiry process, the Carnegie Commission onRural Development gradually pulled together apicture o what conditions are needed to sustainvibrant rural communities in the 21st century.But what happens when those conditions arentthere anymore?

The Carnegie UK Trust asked us to explore howcommunities that were remote rom resourcesor had gone through radical disruption couldbegin to turn around their ortunes. We linkedwith parallel studies in Cumbria and Wales,which themselves orm part o a wider Carnegieaction research programme involving over eighty

organisations across Great Britain and Ireland.

We ocused on the mining communities oCornwall as a model o what happens ollowingthe loss o major industries that have ormed thebackbone o lie or centuries. Evidence suggeststhat mining in Cornwall dates back thousandso years and, or a while, it was the most importantmining area in the world, providing the resourcesand much o the innovation that drove theIndustrial Revolution.

Today only a raction remains operational. Whenindustries like that disappear, people lose reasonsto maintain contact with each other and they losethe purpose that brought them together in thesame place.

Our project team has been made up o sta romEden including the Post-Mining Alliance team,the Health Complexity Group o PeninsulaMedical School, the Sensory Trust and WildworksTheatre Company. We worked with communitieswho were in the process o re-imaginingthemselves and creating new possibilities,and trialled dierent ways o inspiring newsocial narratives, such as through the Wildworksdrama Souterrain that ocused on the need tohonour, but also let go o, the past in order tomove orward.

Moving orward means more than looking ornew ways to make a living, crucial though that is.

It also needs a proactive eort to maintain socialstrength and the will and imagination to reinventourselves. Many o the communities o Cornwallare on that adventure now. Sadly, we believethat many more places will go through periodso radical change and loss in the coming centuryand any insights and experience we can gleanrom local circumstances may help others inyears to come.


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Our Christmas tree and decorations were made entirely romrecycled plastic. A great way to reuse some o the waste plasticwe gather in our shop and cas.


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Operational PerormanceA key plank o our charitable remit is to ensurethat we keep our own house in the best possibleorder. In the spirit o the learning and researchocus o our educational aims, this means pushingat the boundaries, exploring ideas o what uturegood practice might be, rather than settling orwhat is accepted today.

Central to this philosophy is our aim to make our

operational practice visible across the site;whether in our cas, shops, toilets or car parks,we want visitors to be engaged, inormed, andinspired by what you see and how we run thebusiness. It is part o enhancing the quality o thevisitor experience. We are continuously lookingor ways to reduce our carbon ootprint, toimprove our waste management and resourceeciency, to work with local suppliers to developmore eco-riendly products and to raise awarenessamong our sta and visitors. Our work withschools and community groups both on and

o site is also part o this process.

This section highlights some measures o ourperormance during the year.

Waste ManagementOur Waste Neutral programme won theChartered Institution o Wastes Management(CIWM) Award or Environmental Excellence inthe category o innovative practise in wastemanagement and resource recovery in November

2008. We were also shortlisted in the recyclingperormance and sustainable acilitiesmanagement categories.

Waste Neutral is the principle o matchingwaste sent to landll with the amount orecycled materials being bought in. Theprogramme takes the reduce, reuse andrecycle mantra and extends it by adding aourth step re-invest, meaning to buy thingsmade rom recycled materials.

We are on a journey of discovery,looking for ways to improve whatwe do and how we do it. We wontalways get it right, but, wherewe do, we will share our learning.


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In the last year, 338.4 tonnes o waste wereproduced, or 318g/visitor, down rom last years332g/visitor. This improvement is likely due in partto the reduction in single portion packaging inour cas. We increased our recycling rate to51%, up rom 47% o total waste last year. We alsoreduced the amount o ood waste producedthrough better process control in our kitchens.Our in-vessel composter processed 20.2 tonneso ood waste, down rom 28.5 tonnes last year.

Water53% o total water usage on site in the year camerom harvested rainwater and ground water. Ourpotable water usage or the year was lower thannormal, despite an accidental diesel spill that wascontained on site but required the site toiletfushing systems to be switched rom groundwater to potable or a period o time.

Working with Local Business

Recent senior appointments in both catering andretail have helped us to improve again our localsourcing component, with 84% o our cateringsupplies sourced in Cornwall. It is a harder targetor non-catering supplies, but even so wemanaged to up our local sourcing rom 39%to 47% during the year.

EnergyIn the summer o 2008 we looked seriously at allthe renewable energy options, and wind appearedthe most easible. Ater identiying a suitable site,we ormulated a proposal to build a singletwo-megawatt turbine 127m high.

However, in January, ater lengthy talks with localpeople, we decided to withdraw our planningapplication. Getting the green light or the turbinewould have been a hollow victory i it destroyedthe good relations we have always enjoyed withour neighbours. Instead, we have committed toexploring with a whole range o people what acommunity renewable energy project might looklike and how we can best go about it. This will bean outcome ar superior than simply catering orour own needs and we hope it may create atemplate or other communities to work with.

Naturally we are still pursuing the vital ambitiono generating our own low-carbon energy supply

and achieving complete energy independence.By year end, we were beginning to explore theexciting possibility o an on-site geothermal plant.


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Some o our plans or next year include workingup the easibility and business plan or thegeothermal plant, exploring the communityenergy plan options, running a comprehensiveenergy awareness campaign with sta, installinga new buildings management system thatallows us to better control energy usage, andestablishing a buyers orum to look at all oour purchases through a sustainability lens.

Eden Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2008/9Edens emissions are calculated based on DEFRAsJune 2008 Guidelines or Company Reportingon Greenhouse Gas Emissions, with additionswhere DEFRA does not yet give guidance, suchas or mains water and biodiesel.

Our EN4214 compliant 100% biodiesel is maderom waste cooking oil, or which we haveapplied an 85% emission saving, in line with theDepartment or Transport January 2008 guidance.

We include all uel sources and rerigerants useddirectly by the Project. Since last year, DEFRAsadvice as to the best practice or reportingGreen Tari Electricity Emissions has changed,and we now report our green tari electricityas having grid-average emissions. We haverestated the gures or the previous twoyears on this same basis, so as to makethem comparable.

The biomass boiler produced 4.7% o our heatrequirement this year, and photovoltaics and asmall wind turbine generated enough electricityor ve average households.

2008/09 was chilly, with an estimated 18% increasein heating requirements over 2007/08. Despitethis, our heating uel use or the main site onlyincreased by 6%, due to reducing the set pointo our main heating system and making somechanges to the Biome control system.

We have reduced our emissions rom heatingoil at our nursery by 12%, througha combination o heating a smaller area oglasshouse and switching to a gas boileror the quarantine house.

Emissions rom transport uels were down by11.6%, achieved partly by tighter managemento vehicles, and partly by uel switching to 100%biodiesel. However, these improvements were

almost completely oset by a growth in mileage,particularly by volunteers, who unlike ull-timesta are paid a mileage allowance or travel toand rom work. Emissions rom business fightswere down by a stunning 56%.

Eden osets all direct emissions with ClimateCare.Our green tari electricity contract runs untilSeptember 2010, ater which we will also osetall electricity grid emissions.

* Gas use and emissions gures have been revised upward

rom those reported in the 2007/08 Annual Review.


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Edens Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Tonnes CO2)

2006/07 2007/08 2008/09Source Units CO2 Units CO2 Units 2008 CO2 Variance

Conversion rom

Factor 2007

Petrol (litres) 13,790.93 37 10,168.3 23.5 8,011 2.315 18.5 -21%

Gas Oil na na na na 4,099 2.674 11 na

Diesel (litres) 31,501.07 84.4 28,953.2 76 26,107 2.630 68.7 -10%

LPG (litres) 12,772 19.3 21,294.6 32.2 18,042 1.495 27 -16%

Biodiesel (litres) 2,636 2.1 14,483 5.7 18,757 0.394500 7.4 30%

Mains Water (m3

) na na 18,655 3.3 17,388 0.177 3.1 -7%

Sta and volunteer 92,088.8 35.8 113,319 39.66 165,537 0.350 57.9 46%business mileage

Flights 0 253.2 102.92 na na 45.3 -56%

Gas (kWh) 6,371,396.7 1,210.6 5,989,492 1,233.8* 6,056,194 0.206 1,247.6 1%

Gas bottled (litres) na na na na 8,283 1.495 12.4 na

Woodchip (kWh) na na na na 291,000 0.0260 7.6 na

Electricity (kWh) 4,611,947 2,476.7 5,102,640 2,740.2 4,997,585 0.537 2,683.8 -2%Green tari

Heating Oil (litres) 210,313.3 563.6 208,665 525.4 184,597 2.518 464.8 -12%

Refgerants (litres)

R134a 0.00730 9.5 0.0160 20.7 0.013685 1,300,000 17.8 -14%

R404a 0.00496 16.2 0.0048 15.5 0.00565 3,260,000 18.4 19%

RA407c 0.0213 34.1 0.0073 1,600,000 11.7 -66%

R410a na na na na 0.0023 1,100,000 2.5 na

Rerigerants total 0.01226 25.7 0.0420 70.3 0.029 na 50.4 -28%

Total 4,708.3 na 4,853.2 na na 4,705.4 -4%


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Ice skating attracted 69,048 skaters during winter 2008 andearly 2009 a antastic acility or the local community.


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In 2008/09 we generated 71% o what we needrom our visitors, the balance o 29% coming romundraising and other income. Eden generatessucient cash surpluses rom the visitor attractionand related income streams to service commercialloans and maintain the asset base. Thesesurpluses are not sucient to cover the costs oEdens wider educational programmes andcharitable objectives and ambitions and thereorethe need or signicant revenue undraising

programmes will continue.

In the year ended 29 March 2009, the coreactivities o Eden generated a surplus, priorto depreciation charge, with total incomeexceeding total expenditure by some2.1 million.

Cash fowIn the year ended 29 March 2009 Eden had anoverall cash infow o some 0.2 million comparedwith 1.9 million in the previous year.

Summary o cash fow

March March2009 2008

000s 000s

Net cash infow rom 2,187 2,155core activities

Net interest (cost)/receipt (236) (459)

Net investment in xed assets (850) (338)

Loan repayments (901) 532

Net cash infow/(outfow) 200 1,890

The cash generated rom core activities in theyear was primarily used to improve and maintainthe site and to reduce debt which at the year endstood at 6.2 million, down rom 7.1 million the

previous year.

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Eden is a charity, but operates as a socialenterprise, with trading as a visitorattraction providing much of the fundsneeded to carry out charitable activity.


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Sources o incomeThe total available income in the year, excluding6.7 million in respect o the lease nancingarrangement and related asset accounting,was 22.0 million. O this some 71% came romvisitor-related income at the Eden site and theassociated Git Aid.

The balance was made up o 19% rom undraisingactivity and 10% rom other income-generating

activity such as Eden Sessions (concerts), unctionsand consultancy. The comparative gures or theprevious year were 75%, 17% and 8% respectively.

Analysis o expenditureTotal expenditure in the year, excluding9.9 million in respect o the Royal Bank Leasingnancing arrangement and related asset nancingand depreciation, was 20.9 million. Some 72%o this was on the delivery o the educationalmission and a urther 19% on the servicingand maintenance o the Eden site to allowthis activity to be delivered.

The balance o 9% was made up o governanceand administration costs together with costsassociated with the generation o other incomestreams such as the Eden Sessions.

Visitor related income (64%)

Gift Aid (7%)

Other income (10%)

Grants and donations (19%)

Income

Charitable projects & public education (72%)

Site services, maintenance and infrastructure (19%)

Governance and administration (5%)

Other income (4%)

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Consolidated statement o nancial activitiesor the period ended 29 March 2009

Unrestricted Restricted Period ended Period endedunds unds 29 March 30 March

2009 2009 2009 2008Total Total

Incoming resourcesIncoming resources rom generated unds

Voluntary income 100,568 100,568 Investment income 3,598,597 3,598,597 3,442,994Incoming resources romcharitable activities 25,033,386 25,033,386 25,983,207Other incoming resources 13,298 13,298 10,588

Total incoming resources 28,745,849 28,745,849 29,561,183Resources expendedCosts o generating undsCosts o generating voluntary income 130,964 130,964 128,615Charitable activities 30,620,151 30,620,151 30,729,093Governance costs 45,319 45,319 51,356Other resources expended

Total resources expended 30,796,434 30,796,434 30,909,064

Net outgoing resourcesbeore transers (2,050,585) (2,050,585) (1,347,881)

Gross transers between unds 2,176,340 (2,176,340)

Net (outgoing)/incoming resources 125,755 (2,176,340) (2,050,585) (1,347,881)

Reconciliation o undsTotal unds brought orward 4,256,538 24,938,164 29,194,702 30,542,583Total unds carried orward 4,382,293 22,761,824 27,144,117 29,194,702

Summary o nal statementsThe summary o nancial statements may not

contain sucient inormation to allow or aull understanding o the nancial aairs oThe Eden Trust. For urther inormation, the ullannual accounts, the auditors report on thoseaccounts and the Trustees Report should beconsulted; copies o these can be obtainedrom the Company Secretary at Eden ProjectLtd, Bodelva, Cornwall, PL24 2SG.

The ull nancial statements and the Trustees

Report o The Eden Trust or the year ended29 March 2009 were approved by theBoard o Trustees and signed on its behalby Anthony Salz on 29 June 2009.

Statutory accounts or 2007/08 have beendelivered to the Registrar o Companies and theCharity Commission and those or 2008/09 will bedelivered ater the Charitys AGM in September.The auditors, Ernst and Young LLP, have reportedon those accounts, their reports were unqualiedand did not contain statements under Section 237

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Consolidated balance sheetat 29 March 2009

Consolidated Charity Consolidated Charityat 29 March at 29 March at 30 March at 30 March

2009 2009 2008 2008

Fixed assetsTangible xed assets 86,233,259 5,564,289 92,945,848 5,564,289Intangible xed assets Investments 42,271,902 3 42,021,159 3

Total xed assets 128,505,161 5,564,292 134,967,007 5,564,292

Current assets

Stocks 353,018 416,744 Debtors 1,385,924 41,365,263 1,485,580 41,472,118Cash at bank and in hand 1,190,727 97,461 990,647

Total current assets 2,929,669 41,462,724 2,892,971 41,472,118Creditors: amounts alling duewithin one year (7,092,640) (2,862,986) (3,109,544) (69,669)

Net current (liabilities)/assets (4,162,971) 38,599,738 (216,573) 41,402,449

Total assets less current liabilities 124,342,190 44,164,030 134,750,434 46,966,741

Creditors: amounts alling dueater more than one year (48,739,788) (52,612,468) (2,800,000)Deerred income (48,458,279) (52,943,258)

Minority interests (6) (6)

Net assets 27,144,117 44,164,030 29,194,702 44,166,741FundsRestricted unds 22,761,824 22,761,824 24,938,164 24,938,164Unrestricted unds 4,382,293 21,402,206 4,256,538 19,228,577

27,144,117 44,164,030 29,194,702 44,166,741


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The ultimate ambition is or Eden to play a majorrole in eecting signicant social and environmentalchange, nationally and internationally.

The Eden Project, just eight years ater it openedits doors, is at a pivotal point in its development:

It has established itsel as a majorinternational destination.

A second major phase o capital works hasbeen carried out to comortably accommodateup to 1.5million visitors a year.

It is recognised as a major brand in theenvironmental or green sector.

It has a reputation as a national leader in thearea o public education on environmental issues.

It is recognised as a regional economicengine and leading social enterprise.

Our strategic objectives over the nextthree to ve years are thereore:

Maintaining the successul visitor destinationdelivering public education to a broad audience.

Developing the audience through visits tothe site and website, through publications,membership, events and other orms oengagement.

Developing infuence by playing a leadingrole in the debate on how to rise to todaysenvironmental challenges.

Developing good practice by using andpromoting research and demonstratingthe capacity or sustainable solutions.

Developing new income streams to supportthe core public education activity as well asunding new initiatives both at and beyond

the site in Cornwall.

The next phase of activity aims not onlyto enhance and develop the currentdestination but also to move substantiallybeyond the current visitor destination tonew audiences.


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Our main priorities or the coming year areas ollows:

To maintain visitor numbers to the Eden siteat over 1 million in the ace o the currenteconomic downturn and climate o uncertainty.

To continue to provide an engaging andeective educational experience at Eden toa broad public audience which can be shown,through a developing set o research andevaluation techniques, to begin to changepeoples mindsets and values on a largescale and hence drive signicant culturaland social change.

To launch a national high level donor undraisingcampaign to und the core charitable educationalactivity o Eden.

To establish more rmly Edens reputation andimpact beyond the visitor destination and our

immediate environs in Cornwall through nationalinitiatives such as The Big Lunch, The Key Gardenproject and Eden Forum debates.


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FundraisingIt costs 20 million a year to deliver the currentEden activity, which includes the running o theeducational visitor destination and the coredevelopment team but excludes the cost omajor new projects or programmes (such as TheBig Lunch) which do need to be separatelyunded. O this some 15 million is providedrom the income generating activities, largelyvisitor related income. This leaves a undinggap o some 5million per annum.

The next chapter or Eden, and one in which weneed unding partners and ellow travellers, is:

Firstly, to ensure that we are able to continue toprovide a lie-changing experience to over 1million people per annum, with well tried andtested programmes we have developed and togrow this in number and to extend it to includeschools and other groups who would nototherwise have been able to come.

Secondly, to develop new content, programmesand initiatives which show how we might adapt,and thereby inspire and catalyse, massivesocial change.

Thirdly, to take that content and learning, toadapt it in a variety o ways and take it outacross the country to reach people and groupswho might never get to Cornwall.

VolunteersOur volunteers ensure that the visitors, includingthe less abled, have a antastic experience;highlight our work in conservation, educationand sustainability; research new topics or us;and help in operational and horticultural teams.Our volunteers continue to make an enormouscontribution to the Team. We ended the yearwith 248 volunteers, up 52 on the previous year.

You can support our work in theollowing ways:

Visit us. All the prots rom your visit go tothe Eden Trust.

Git Aid your admission ee. This allows usto claim 28 pence back rom the taxmanon top o every pound you give.

Become an Eden Friend. You will receiveprivileged access or you and a riend,

e-newsletters, a quarterly Friends magazineand exclusive Friends events, toursand travel.

Donate. You can donate via personalcontributions, legacy or business sponsorshipo projects. Details o our undraisingprogrammes and how you can donatecan be ound on our website.

Volunteer. You can work with our horticulture,research, administration or operational teams

as an integral part o the organisation.


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The Eden TrustThe directors o the charitable company areits Trustees or the purpose o charity lawand throughout this report are collectivelyreerred to as the Trustees.

Anthony Salz (Chairman)The late Lord George o St Tudy(resigned 20 February 2009)

Richard Cunis (resigned 17 November 2009)Proessor Alan LivingstonLucy ParkerSimon RobertsonSir John Rose

Eden is grateul or the dedication o its Trusteesand Directors. In the last year several retired byrotation. We thank Richard Cunis, Peter Hardaker,Peter Newey and Alan Stanhope or all they havedone or us. We lost Lord George prematurely; hislove or Eden and or the people o Cornwall willbe much missed.

Eden Project LimitedExecutive DirectorsTim Smit Chie ExecutiveGaynor Coley Managing DirectorPeter Cox Finance DirectorTony Kendle Foundation Director

Non-Executive DirectorsKen Hill ChairmanRichard EyrePeter Hardaker (resigned 29 March 2009)Julie HillCullum McAlpinePeter Newey (resigned 26 August 2008)Alan Stanhope (resigned 29 March 2009)Georey Wilkinson (appointed 14 January 2009)


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List o Funders (2008/09)Edens charitable activity during the year ended29 March 2009 was supported, in part, by theollowing unders. Many other supporters haveplayed a part in Edens development over theyears, and urther details o all our unders to dateare included on our website. Only with their helpand co-operation are we able to urther ourcharitable work.

Annenberg FoundationArts Council EnglandAshden TrustBernard Sunley Charitable FoundationBig Lottery Fund Playul IdeasBOC FoundationBromley TrustCarnegie UK TrustCo-operative Insurance ServicesDepartment o Communities and LocalGovernment

Department o Environment, Food and

Rural Aairs

Department o Work and PensionsEmpresa de DesenvolvimentoEuropean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee

Fund (Objective One Cornwall)European Regional Development Fund (Objective

One Cornwall)European Social FundGUS Charitable TrustHomes and Communities AgencyLankelly Chase FoundationLantraLondon LSCPH Holt FoundationRestormel Borough CouncilRio Tinto PLCRural Renaissance FundSITASouth West Regional Development AgencySyngenta FoundationThe Tudor Trust


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Documents

Eden Project Annual Review 2008 2009