S9: Building legacy through passion with Sir Tim Smit KBE, founder of The Eden Project - part 2
Conversations of Inspiration
Holly Tucker MBE
5.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In part 2 of our Conversation of Inspiration ‘Building Legacy through Passion’ Sir Tim Smit shares with Holly his first vision of Eden and the incredible journey leading to where it is today.
Billed as the 8th Wonder of the World and celebrating its 20th anniversary next year, Eden is a paradise like no other and remains one of the most recognised landmarks of the 21st century. Sir Tim takes us on an adventure of passion, collaboration and instinct, culminating in the most remarkable and thought provoking ‘Letter to his Younger Self’.
Not only a reflection of the past and a glimpse into the future, but a celebration of the joyous explosion of now.
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| 0:00.0 | It's with great anticipation and expectation that we return to our conversation of inspiration |
| 0:05.7 | with Sir Tim Smith, the founder of the Eden Project. |
| 0:09.4 | Raw, with unkempt honesty and truth, Tim shares his soul with us, and his letter to self is a truly |
| 0:16.8 | magnificent insight into his visionary mind. From Eden, a feat of imagination and engineering with purpose to tales of future truths and the absolute joyous explosion of now. |
| 0:30.0 | Tim has an incredible way of making time stand still, allowing you to stop and |
| 0:35.9 | consider your own sense of belonging and the power each of us have to be the change. |
| 0:42.1 | This conversation was truly touching and one I feel so deeply |
| 0:46.1 | humble to have been part of. Tim shares his journey of passion, courage and |
| 0:51.8 | self-belief and I am delighted to bring you the rest of his story. |
| 0:57.0 | Bow your eyelids close on down where we're going, you won't need to bring your frown. I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to conversations of inspiration. |
| 1:08.0 | Back in 2006 I founded not on the high street from my kitchen table and since then I've gone on to |
| 1:15.0 | launch Holly and Co. I'm the UK Ambassador of Creative Small Businesses and I believe |
| 1:20.6 | that having a business doing what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. |
| 1:25.8 | My dream is to help everybody start theirs. |
| 1:29.1 | I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement. And in my view, the best way to do this is by |
| 1:37.2 | sharing stories. So I've reached out to my favorite small businesses, entrepreneurs and those who simply inspire me and ask |
| 1:46.1 | them to share theirs. |
| 1:48.3 | Here are my conversations of inspiration. |
| 1:52.2 | I want to take a moment now to bring us up to the moment where Eden became. |
| 2:00.0 | I was so lucky to visit Eden last October with my co-founders and it felt like this lost |
| 2:06.1 | civilization. It was mind-blowing, everyone should visit and I know when you started that not everybody was quite as |
| 2:14.8 | enthusiastic about this project as you were and I read when researching you there was a |
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