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Reclaiming the “Spoils” of Mining, the Eden Project, Cornwall

Reclaiming the “Spoils” of Mining, the Eden Project, Cornwall

Imagine a landscape so barren and desolate that it looks like a crater of the moon. Nothing grows in this sterile clay pit, mined for hundreds of years before being abandoned (for photos of the pit see the previous article about Cornish “Alps“). Enter a group of visionaries, deeply concerned about the environment and legacy we are leaving our children. With dedication and hard work, they reclaim the barren pit and turn it into the world’s largest greenhouse, while at…

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