From the mind of the President
The Eden Projects has a growing number of European, Australian, and Canadians aligning themselves with our already diverse list of individuals and groups that support the idea of "Planting Trees and Saving Lives." With the increase in diversity comes a broadening of motivation. Do we care more about people, or environment, or both? There appears to be an even split Read More...
Diverse Motivations, Mangrove Trees, and Gassy Dinosaur
From the mind of the President
The Eden Projects has a growing number of European, Australian, and Canadians aligning themselves with our already diverse list of individuals and groups that support the idea of "Planting Trees and Saving Lives." With the increase in diversity comes a broadening of motivation. Do we care more about people, or environment, or both? There appears to be an even split Read More...
There’s nothing sports fans love more than a big come from behind victory. How sweet it is-when a
team “snatches victory out of the jaws of defeat”! That happened nine days ago as the LA Clippers
erased a 27 point deficit to beat the Grizzlies by 1 in Game 1 of their best of seven series. Just as the
vast majority of LA, the country, and the NBA world of fans began to tune out, Chris Paul/Blake 
Antsirabe, where we spend our first month in Madagascar, was a small town 3 hours south of the capital known for its high concentration of rickshaws called "pouse-pouse," as well as cooler weather, artisan crafts, Star Beer headquarters and 19th century thermal baths. The winding drive to this town gave us our first taste of Madagascar's deforestation. Mountains and hills were bare, only the valleys 
We've been writing about our experiences in Madagascar recently. But we forgot to tell you about the adventures of getting to Madagascar in the first place!
Our flight was anything but direct. We first took a 7-hour flight to London, with an 8-hour coffee break at Heathrow, then a 9-hour flight to Nairobi, Kenya where we had an 18-hour layover. Sound long? Well, it was, but once we realized 
- Name of Planter: Delia (25)
- Reforestation Site: Mahabana, Madagascar
- Length of Employment: 2 1/2 years
- Children: 1 girl (3 years old)
Shocking to us, 12, 13 and 14 year-old girls in parts of Madagascar are often already married and bearing children. To make matters worse, their husbands often abandon them, and the wives are left alone to raise their children in a harsh living and 
Planter: Baban'i Japo (Botomalanza) & Soa Zara
Reforestation Site: Mahabana, Madagascar
Length of Employment: 5 years
Children: 1 son (12 years old)
An Eden worker by the name of Baban'i Japo planted the first mangrove seeds (known as a propagule) sometime around October 15 2007. Eden's Mangrove restoration efforts first took place in a deforested section of the massive saltwater 
My husband and I recently returned from an enlightening three months living in Madagascar. During this journey we were hoping to experience what Eden Reforestation Projects is doing there, meet the people whose lives are affected by the project, and see if we would like to move ourselves there in the future.
Our experience exceeded our expectations, but we may have possibly left with even more 
