3Learning through Leisure
This chapter explores the value of learning and the growth of leisure, tourism and edutainment. The Eden Project, the Earth Centre and the Centre for Alternative Technology are used as examples of institutions that offer a range of informal and formal learning opportunities relating to sustainability and everyday life. The chapter comprises sections on:
• The Eden Project;
• Eden's medium and message;
• Stories, interpretations and learning;
• A whole learning thing;
• The Earth Centre and the Centre for Alternative Technology; and
• Lessons?
THE EDEN PROJECT
The Eden Project is both a major tourist attraction and a stunning learning environment communicating a modulated series of pro-sustainability principles. ...
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