The book is a sequel to the original, 101 Things to Do with a Hole in the Ground which was published in 2009, and 20% of the case studies in the new book are updates on projects in the first. It was published in the UK by the Eden Project, which is also its first eponymous case study.
In Cornwall, England, clay mining at one time “defined the region’s economy, and its open pits and waste tips shaped the landscape”. Its kaolin mines were chemically benign, so there wasn’t any waste to remediate, but there wasn’t any soil, either.
The Eden project successfully turned the site of former clay mines into a thriving botanical garden housed by geodesic domes designed by Grimshaw Architects. The Rainforest Biome is now home to thousands of the world’s rainforest plants, fed by ultraviolet light.
Co-author Dr Peter Whitbread-Abruta is an IEMA Environmental Auditor in mining ESG and sustainability, mine closure and…
