They Built a Rainforest Ecosystem inside a Geodesic Dome
Eden Project is a the largest greenhouse in the world built in Cornwall UK in Geodesic domes to show that humans can correct Climate change
BECOME PART OF THE TEAM: / florb
Find out more about Eden Project:
www.edenproject.com/
Follow me on Social Media
/ dylanmagaster
/ dylanmagaster
Business inquires or music submissions:
business@dylanmagaster.com
Music:
Epidemic Sound Affiliate link: mbsy.co/epidemicsound/FLORB
When I Do This - Esme Cruz
The Other Side (Instrumental)
Jungle Awakening - Rune Dale
Caravan Trails - Sight of Wonders
Descendants - Esme Cruz
Mediterranean Feeling 9 - Johan Hynynen
Filmed by
Dylan Magaster
/ dylanmagaster
/ dylanmagaster
Edited by
Dylan Magaster
/ dylanmagaster
/ dylanmagaster
CAMERA GEAR
Full Gear List: kit.co/DylanMagaster
Every Major city, heck every city should have a Geodesic Dome. There is just something about being in a space with so much greenery that is relaxing.
There;s a term for that feeling but I'm not sure what it's called
To be fair having bubbles with foreign species in it is like creating a bubble with a bunch of foreign bacteria ready to destroy the local wildlife. Unless it’s weaker species. In which case you’re getting a bubble that’ll pop and leave nothing
ive been thinking this and im going to make food forests as a work exchange available for all so kids arent making gangs or stealing its working for the future you can work at any time of day with credits being kept on your file and you can get paid in cash or food and water or even pay for the fresh fruit to be harvested if you dont want to pick at the moment but this creates a platform that people can resist homelessness and rise out of welfare and it creates a standard of nutrition that then supermarkets and restaurants have to meet or match this video had me like "This is all the stuff im preparing to do"
Most older major cities have one, sometimes several, botanical gardens, that do this in slightly more conventional architecture. I grew up in Helsinki, Finland, and the "Winter Garden" greenhouse is a beautiful Victorian glass house that models various biomes on a far smaller scale, but still gives you that inner peace.
@@cybird6010 Forest Bathing, Shinrin Yoku I think. Not sure of spelling. Running water gives off negative ions that help with that also. Indoor plants, little tabletop fountains, all that stuff helps
“What would you rather have written on your tombstone, ‘I wish I had,’ or ‘I’m glad I did’?” That’s powerful
If someone writes either of those on my tombstone,I'm haunting them
After all does it then matter?
"I shouldn't 'ave done that."
Neither I’ll be under a tree. 🌳
I would rather not be in a grave -- which is where all the wing-suit flyers who 'did it' are..
Nature is so forgiving. No matter how bad we’ve been to our environment, when we put in effort to change our ways, nature thrives and responds abundantly.
@Personal Growth Place , agreed. This resonates well with my soul. ♾💝🤲❤🧡💛💚💙💜
I went there on 17/01/2020 for a school trip and stayed in the accommodation for 3 days and it was honestly the best trip ever
I went to the Eden Project when I was like 9 years old, still remember it and loved it. Was one of my most treasures memories, bought a Cactus there which was smaller than my hand. The Cactus is now bigger than my Torso haha
pp kudos to you mate, as a child I was never smart enough to maintain my plants so they always died.
Wow great story and your pfp is one of Jupiters moons right? lo?
Yess I went there for a school trip and we stayed there for a couple of days and did loads of activities. It was so fun!
@@deciphermysoul926 They took care of it he just brought it lol.
BEAUTIFULLY narrated by Mrs. Potts!
I live in England and have been to the Eden Project a few times. I remember going there as a kid the first time and really feeling like I was in another world, or Jurassic Park or something, it’s great for everyone and really fires the imagination.
This is amazing. I want to live in something like this. Not necessarily a tropical rainforest, but inside a giant terrarium/green house.
@Djaya Bergeron I mean, the main issues are the insane cost and the obvious zoning issues.
you already do, its called the earth...
earthships....they already exist
@@dictionaryzzz I'm quite familiar with them, and that's not the same thing at all. Biosphere 2 is a much closer concept to what I would like to live in, only functional and not being a completely sealed biotope.
Me too!
So this is basically the Biosphere2 Project with better business planning.
What a badass lady. I didn't click on this video thinking I would leave feeling inspired. Bravo!
LOL @Keelan Sears. We felt the same way!
The Woman hosting this tour is fantastic to listen too, speedy, clear and concise. Perfect
She's not bad ... although her pronounciation of 'biome' as 'bye-um' and 'hexagon' as 'hex-a-gun' was a little weird, IMHO.
@@nopenottalib4366 yea its called english
@@SmellmyCHLORIPHORM Really? No way! And here I thought it was Chinese. Thanks so much for clearing that up. #sarcasm
@@nopenottalib4366 I just tried saying hexagon several times, and yup, it's exactly 'hex-a-gun' when I say it.
@@ib9rt Must just be me then. I've always heard "biome" as "bye-ohm" and "hexagon" as "hex-ah-gahn." But then, I grew up in the Southern USA so .... there's that. NOTE: I'm not saying she's pronouncing it incorrectly (as many people seem to think) I'm merely suggesting that it's weird from *my* perspective because I've always heard them pronounced differently.
I love how much she loves her job. Motivated me to compost more
"we need to save the rainforest, as hey are full of medicines we dont even know about" - such a profound statement
What a fantastic lady, really passionate about what she does I love it.
Not only that but to being passionate about saving the Earth and Animals.
jo mama
She gets paid for it
Sisa Musudroka not at first. She seems like this is her life’s passion. She’s just getting paid to do it now. Which is wonderful.
@@IGot7RevtinyArmyStayOnceBlink meh
Every city in the world should have a project like this.
Yes because theirs free space anywhere and everywhere
Yeah and people have a few million pounds on them and by a few million I mean 56 million
retrothecake if goverments can waste millions and billions on pointless military’s they can afford this
@@russell6075 na I think I'm good
@@russell6075 good point but try take that up with the government and leaders they won't do anything because they're greedy
Been to eden many times.. Amazing place.. They got a massive "Hemp" plantation beside it too..some nice female "hemp" plants snuck in there..so me and my friends helped by removing them!! Its nice to be nice! Hehehe
Love that for you aha
The material of the dome: "cling film with attitude." 😁
This place opened eighteen years ago by the way
around the death of American adventure and the millennium dome it crazy to think they time fly's by
biodome 1996
@@PWinmusic " You can dance if you want to......"
You completely nailed it. The only reason I clicked on it was to say that! Well done, sir.
@@WarDogYtPersonal Well I mean they made dozens of domes like these 40 years ago... Ever seen the movie GeoDome? It was a comedy based on the failed experiment.
"Will you quit your job and come and help me set this place up?" ..so I said, "Yes."
The best proposal ever made, and the best decision ever made when she replied "Yes."
you dont choose employment over building something new
If this was our future I’d feel more positive about it. This is what we need more of.
YES
*Laughs nervously in climate change*
I saw The Pixies here for Eden Sessions in 2014. Being able to walk around the domes and pit during the day then seeing one of my all-time favourite bands play in the evening under the summer Cornwall sky was a truly unforgettable experience.
Being able to visit and film the Eden Project was a great joy for me. If you enjoyed the video share it with a friend!
Beautiful video and what an inspiring project... is there a similar project in the USA 🇺🇸 I wonder ???
Really great to see that she has gained amazing experience from Guyana.
It's amazing really. It's a shame something like this couldn't be done if every major city .
Never understood where this great project is located.
Something similar and pretty big is Biosphere II in Tucson, AZ.
I love this lady, she’s a real character and a pleasure to listen too
i wish she was my aunt.
I agree.
a beautiful soul
im so grateful people like you are in the world - this is AMAZING - id like to live in a dome someday when im done caring for my father. 😇🥰
"clingfilm with attitude" That made me chuckle. She is wonderful throughout.
This should be a model for how to create a habitat for a zoo... not that I'm pro zoo, but anti extinction
As a nature guide I fully understand you. .
@@shawnbechard3680 Humans would destroy the Earth even faster. They don't give a shit about ANYTHING but their own little reality.
Damn right.
Promote veganism cuz animal agriculture is a leading cause of endangerment cuz it takes and damages resources animals need and sometimes kills animals to protect livestock and livestock feed crops. Donate to rangers to protect endangered animas in the wild and their wild habbitat if u want. Watch cowspirasy. Its wrong to lock up or forcibly breed animals just to try to stop their species from going extinct.
The venus project is beyond reaching for perfection...all these people who do not realize we live in one of the best times ever in recorded history. We treat each other and animals better then ever, but lets all keep reaching for this perfection of utopia while bashing and attempting the dismantle the systems that actually are contributing to our ability to help the earth and also be kinder to it. But yea, lets destroy and rebuild??? Cause destruction is not costly in regards to life?? Just imagine if while reaching for utopia we destabilize our systems in place, you all realize billions would die right? Oh wait animals are more important...cause feelings and nature. The universe is indifferent to what animals come and go on this planet, you all are just bored and your narcissism makes you believe you know a more righteous path. You don't, get over yourselves. All I saw in this video was someone taking tax grants to build something they wanted..beautiful it is, but it came with a lot of assumptions regarding climate science.
The Eden project is one of my favourite places in the world. Everyone should try and go once.
I went ...I hope they make it bigger.
bit gimmicky. its a good place if you are new to plants.
see a bunch of trees? i can do that for free out my back porch
BigBlackClocks heck why travel anywhere, I got google maps.
The funny this is, this isn't the first time it was done. They just took everything they learned from the dozen or so Geodomes they made 40 years ago.
Holy wow! This is such an amazing demonstration of how permaculture can take land that was pillaged, and turn it back into an abundant thriving ecosystem. We thought it was super cool that this is a learning space to teach people how all of this works. We feel so inspired by people like this! How could you not?! We all have it in us to make a positive change, and we can all start on a very small level in our own unique way. Incredible interview. It is sooo nice to see people who really care. - Erin + Brian too! Thanks for the awesome video!
from Canada - went to the Eden Project while on a trip - 100% would go back if ever in the area again
I work here and remember hearing of florb the day you guys came in, so happy to see the final result! You did the place some great justice with those arial shots.
What work do you do?
"ETFE - it's cling film with attitude" as a chemist, this makes me giggle. "Plants eat, drink, have sex, and survive danger without moving, and I'm gonna spend the next four years telling you how they do it - and then he left the room" lmao!
defenestrated23 that lecturer is hilarious 😂
My biology teacher had a similar attitude, she was amazing at making students feel incredibly insignificant compared to most other living things haha
I am from the South of India and I see that most of these plants are locally available here, and the geography is also pretty similar and it makes me happy, by the way our land contains natural rainforests.
This is phenomenal. But I don't understand from where these people come who dislike such beautiful creations.
Past: Let’s save the rainforest!!! Now: Let’s make a rainforest!!!
How to save the rainforest when the climate activist wants to cut CO2 down to Zero????
@@saintivor7754 Well, planting a rainforest is easily negative in total CO2 emission. Cutting one is definitely emitting. No one is arguing to stop emitting CO2 altogether, the point is to begin to care about having an even balance in our activity between CO2 creation and CO2 consumption. It implies not burning all the oil we can find, not stopping all activities.
Work with what you got I guess.
and we won't do that either :-/
Rainforest need carbon monoxide to recreate oxygen 🤦♂️ when will liberals learn.... even 🌳 help with rain fall to help prevent drought. So 🤷♂️ plant a tree
This is one of the greatest things I've ever seen. We need more of these built around the world, excellent work!
Who's gonna pay for it?
Your guess is as good as mine. Money is the biggest barrier to productivity, human evolution, and better world for all life on Earth. In my view, the economic system is the single most idiotic system ever created. The monetary system is designed for the rich and powerful to stay rich and powerful. So, I say lets do good for the world regardless of how much it cost.
@@samross2532 the system favors people that are smart and hard workers in USA at least taking money from people isnt moral they worked for that money not so you would take it from them by force if you want this then how about you donate for it and let the rest decide what they will do with their money if they wish to donate that fine by me but I'd they don't then leave them alone
@@cantu7614 I completely disagree with you, the Monetary system does not favors people who are smart and hard working, that's a load of B.S.! I think that your view on the world's economic system is very simplistic, false, and unrealistic. In the USA and the globe, the monetary system favors the most wicked, greedy, and immoral peace of scum on the Earth. If your rich in America it's because your ancestors probably were colonial slave-owning warmongers. Everything America has is because it stole it from other ppl. Lets be real, the people who control the monetary system only want to maintain their wealth and status as the most powerful ppl on the planet, it clearly have nothing to do with intelligence and hard work. Yeah, they are working hard and intelligently to keep the planet subjugated under the elite's rule. From my view, the global economic system is ruled by tyrannical warlords who would go to any limits to maintain the status quo, keep the rich rich and the poor poor.
@@samross2532 2/3 of millionaires are self made as in they started at the bottom and worked up so that side of your view is just wrong most studies actually show that when large amounts of money are passed on they end up poor again within a few generations and how people that win the lottery always end up broke again
What an incredible story. The World needs more people like this!
Beautiful, wonderful, ingenious. Just everything great. ❤
This is awesome it needs to be every where
No it doesn't
This should be the shaoe of our homes, yes!
@@greatmindsthinkalike1378 no it shouldn't and also this costs way too much it will never be everywhere wake up
I’d love to live in something like that!
Me too
Having visited it myself, twice, I'd... not necessarily recommend living in that *particular* set of geodesic domes. They're incredibly humid, especially the higher up inside you go, it can get quite uncomfortable to even breathe. That said, they're a fantastic place to visit, and they even have a zipwire that spans the entire site
Mr Muggles I used to live in Thailand for ten years, and when I first got off the plane and left the airport the humidity was like walking into a wall! You get used to it, though. 🙂
@@pacovl46 perhaps you'd be better equipped for being in those domes than myself then!
@@MrMuggles not really. It takes getting used to and that applies to everyone, not just me. :-)
This was beautiful and educational we need more and more of this type of understanding as to the importance of the earth's amazing life and relationships to our plants , trees ,ecosystems ,insects, and much more
This lady giving the tour is awesome. Great communicator.
Brilliant project , now let's expand this dome to the world 🙏🏽🌿🌿
They're planning more in China and Morecambe
Bolsonaro doesn't see things that way unfortunately ....
That’s what we’re supposed to do inside of our greenhouse bubble the atmosphere
and then tax oxygen use
I'm actually curious if trees can choke now...
You two have created an astonishing thing - THANK YOU.
This is such an incredibly amazing and beautiful project...we need to do this all over the world...Thank you so much for this beautiful and spiritually uplifting project and creation....Love you!!!
Absolutely stunning. Beautiful idea. We need more of these. Thanks Dylan!
Well, now I have to make a trip to Cornwall, UK! Dylan, I enjoy all your documentaries, but this one is truly next-level. I had no idea this place existed, and now I want to go desperately - as much to meet Jo as to marvel at what they have created in such a short period of time. Thank you SO much for shining your spotlight on this amazing and inspirational story. Cheers!
Anytime I see someone or organization doing something like this it does reinforce to me that some people actually still cares about the environment, global warming etc. I read below that this Eden Project is in it's 18th year? Impressive, I must travel to see it one day.
Unless you yourself are doing something similar, you are exactly the person you believe everyone else is.
You are a terrific narrator Jo. Thank you
The Eden Project has had a huge positive impact on the Cornish economy and it is a terrific enterprise. I would prefer to see us reintroducing our native forests here in Britain, especially in the upland areas which were given over to sheep farming. Everything was nibbled to the bare earth by sheep. Cornwall used to be heavily forested (like the rest of Britain) and these forests controlled rain run off, preventing flooding further down in the lowlands and coastal areas. With rising sea levels I think that it is imperative we concentrate on returning much of our land to its (almost) pristine state rather than marvelling at the wonder of huge greenhouses with tearooms attached. In saying that there's always a role for education and if it's easier to have a train ride and a "staycation" to go to see the Mediterranean in Britain rather than getting on an aeroplane then I am all for it.
one of my earliest memories is visitng the Eden Project and seeing the cocoa beans :)
This is so brilliant! The south east asian rainforest, I notice the bamboos and bamboo house. The lady looks very passionate. What a lovely dome. well though of
I got marred in 2 mile from the Eden project. Been there loads of times. One of my favourite places
This is so cool, I need to go sneak in there and stay as a hermit in a hut.
This is amazing and I've only now heard of this place!
Smh how ❓
This looks so stunningly beautiful just seeing nature and so many plants living harmoniously. I definitely want to visit here
She was awesome, a real treasure. I can see why she has the job that she has. That was enjoyable.
This Concept of Domed Environments..Would Be Cool to create Micro Communities With "Tiny Homes".....A Safe...Climate Controlled Communities of perhaps..500 to 1000 Homes in an Enclosed Village.
Ecosystems are very much size-dependent. Every square metre of space counts. The more space there is, the more species can survive in it, the more species living in it, the more resilient it is to fluctuations in conditions. Basically, size and stability are related via species richness. So human habitation in these types of designs is far more practical if it's underground, and therefore not taking up habitat space. With vertical farms and primary water reclamation systems down there as well. It's best if animal populations are heavily skewed towards species with flight capabilities also, due to volume > surface area. I agree that this is absolutely something we should at least give a try, to see if we can't make it work on a more widespread scale. There are a lot of old open cut mine sites in the world. Just sitting there being big useless holes in the ground.
I've thought about that for years geodesic neighborhoods with 3 or 4 homes under a dome. Climate controlled environment. Geodesic 3 hole golf courses, geodesic ski and snowboarding hills in hot climates, locally produced foods under geodesic domes growing foods in every community, the possibilities really are numerous.
Climate word is only a pretext for control. I guess then you meant 500-1000pers controlled communities😏
I saw the movie Downsized that was supposed to solve a lot of these issues but all that movie did was make me even more sad.
@@MudMotorsMax and as it's perfected we'll be closer to being able to do this off planet👍👍
some of your best work Dylan
The use of the monitor with a liquid suspension of seeds and soil to spray it, allowing the roots to hold into the clay was absolutely genius
She's a breath of fresh air, very easy to listen to. I learned so much. What an incredible place, Definitely on my must visit list if I ever make it to that side of the pond!!
We need more, we should want more of this...the youngster is right
Absolutely divine... This is how humanity should be living.
I love nature we went there last week had a lovely time .you guys doing amazing job x
Amazing Vision, Astounding Tenacity, Absolute Good. Bless you all!!!
"Cling film with Attitude." Best qoute
Beautiful greenhouses with a masterful synthesis of climes around the world. Very nice video, thanks.
I went there years ago and it was pretty awesome. There was a zipline that went over the entire thing and that was so great.
This is your best work ever. A true documentary.
Not gonna lie, I read the title and immediately thought "they built a what?" Not because I didn't understand what it meant, but more so out of surprise and excitement due to how cool of a concept this is.
@David David yeah.. And useless too 😜
@@dontsubscribeme9547 yeah it's useless because it's preserving plant and animal life that if didn't exist we wouldn't exist too
Just stumbled on this! SO EXCITING! Brilliant!
I visited a few months back! I fell in love with the place and Cornwall now has a special place in my heart. Next time I'm there I'll be staying longer 😊
Great place to visit, just 20 miles from our house, to turn a disused China clay pit into a world wide attraction is phenomenal.
Been there last year with warwickshire college, was amazing and the lodging in the old containers was brilliant and the zip line was soo fun
What a beautiful and smart project!
Brilliant presentation, very informative tour.
Self awareness is the start, having amazing examples like this park is such a great way to help people get exited about making a difference....and create practical ways to do so.
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!! Thank you for that!!! Just beautiful!!
What wonderful, knowledgeable tour!! Thank you! I learned about the Eden Project years ago doing research on plants…..hope to visit one day! 💚🌱🌎🍃
Beyond amazing. Thank you. I knew nothing about this.
The Eden project we visited some years ago, if you are in the area the visit is a must, wonderful
We are visiting here on New Year’s Eve.
Canny Explorer nice!
then would you please tell us your experience after going there?
Lav Medina i live about 30 mins away from the Eden Project and been multiple times. Each time i go there’s something different to see, and everything that i saw the previous time had changed or grown so it was like going for the first time again. It’s very educational and makes for a really nice day out if visiting the South West of England (or England if you’re from elsewhere!)
@@louis5519 thanks for sharing your wonderful experience there.
Tell us how it is in real life.
Most amazing creation I have ever seen! Incredible and beautiful!
Her enthusiasm is infectious.
Great vid Dylan. Thanks for making us aware of this place.
Love the Eden project. Visited a few times. Such a lot to see.
Packed my cases and I'm moving in to that hut with the corrugated roof 😁 Every school child in the world needs to visit this place (not at once though 😉)
This is absolutely incredible!!! I could spend a week in this place just wondering around!! What a genius idea!!
If we could only rapidly develop plastic materials on a mass scale from hemp and other recyclables and not petrochemicals with fossil fuel production. Thank you for this monumental structure on our planet.
bernadettefern hemp plastic is possible so is hemp fuel its activitly squished by the big companies
@@annak804 You don't even need hemp fuel, as hydrogen works perfectly and is already being used in The Netherlands. Just a cup of water can give you an almost unlimited range of mileage.
Google made me do it What’s hydrogen being used in Netherlands for? Cars?
@@lavish_1717 They have started producing cars that can run on hydrogen and currently towns are converting to or thinking about converting their natural gas to hydrogen as well.
Even if it's hemp plastic, it's platic. It takes ages to self degrade and suffocate fishes to death. The best is to reduce packaging, avoid single use packaging and resort to compostable packaging.
Really neat. I remember visiting the Biosphere in Arizona when traveling, in the US, and was amazed at the biomes sustained in the desert. I wish there were more places like the Biosphere projects and observatories to visit, they have so much to teach us.
We need this everywhere.
I LOVE THIS WOMAN. I can see why she is so suited to her job. the design of this place was so thoughtful to our planet
I'd love if they rebuilt a native forest ecosystem all across Northern Germany 👀
巨人の肩 no real need anymore ... I live near Stuttgart in a small town , the last few years we had spring,summer and autumn a humidity between 60-80% and way to warm, also the winter here is way to mild, like 10-15 degree. Trees like apple trees cannot handle it anymore, so I told already some landowners to grow Nashi trees instead, also some have already banana plants in their gardens without cutting them for wintertime. Basically we have a real funny climate here , maybe because of a coal-fired power station which also help holding up this kind of climate in my home town. All my plans already staying like 5 years straight in my garden without taking them inside in the wintertime , and they are all kind of tropical, Mediterranean plants If it keep up with the human caused climate change , we could consider growing our own rainforest here in the wild 😂
@@RT-qt1xh Too cold for a tropical forest but what you guys need is to restore the old oak forests but I don't know what kind of spare space you have, northern Germany is densely populated isn't it?
No , I life in southern Germany and it is way to warm ... like last summer we had a Humidity around 80 % by 38 degree Celsius and this winter we have around 10 degree Celsius which is to warm and its rains to much either ... sooner or later all native plants will have their trouble to survive ... And it goes like that the last 5 years ... it feels like being in the rainforest
I can only imagined this on mars that would be so cool!
I'd travel to Cornwall just to visit this place. Absolutely amazing. Our zoo has a gigantic indoor rainforest under a geodesic dome, it's incredible. Especially here where it's very cold and snowy from November to March. You walk inside and it's the tropics.
This is absolutely, bloody brilliant ! I could live here forever more ! So love the different gardens/domes/ biomes, especially the different spices. I would definitely would love to work there, it's my cup of tea ! So proud of all who were involved in this project. ♾🙏♾💜
One of the amazing places that I ever seen in my life. Highly recommended to visit, enjoy the nature, explore the dome designs and the associated knowledge.
This is awesome. One day we're going to build something like this .. only a lot smaller :P
or build it outside, with native plants, a lot bigger
@@shoulders-of-giants working on that now :)
Good luck with getting permits.
@@ronwest7930 no worries about that out here. No permit required for anything except septic systems.
So, this is going to sound a bit silly, but I did build this on a small scale. Yeah, it's nothing like this, but basically a small self-contained ecosystem in a light bulb. I took a light bulb, hollowed it out, and added soil, vegetation and water. Then I sealed it. It's been thriving now for about 5 years.
A wonderful project and contribution to the world.
I live in Cornwall, the eden project is not far at all and I go there all the time. it's very cool!
1:21 amazing how they even grew more hills in the background