Innovation Symposium

While in Cornwall, we went to the Eden Project which is this amazingly beautiful place full of plant life from different regions of the world, housed in bio-domes. The story behind the Eden Project was most interesting. The land sought out and eventually used for the project was a desecrate clay mining pit and was looked at by almost everyone as a waste land. Tim Smit had a vision and would not be discouraged. He would turn this waste land into a beautiful expression of art. Though getting support and funding was seemingly impossible, he found a way to overcome and wouldn’t take no for an answer. Tim had faith in his project and sometimes through the development stages took the road travelled; but he persevered and saw his project through to fruition. Much can be learned from the story of the Eden Project, especially now that we are beginning to develop our project ideas and proposals. Sometimes a good idea can be hard to convey, but after implementation it is impossible to ignore.

Tags: 2010 //