Truemors
The National Lottery in the UK is currently running a 'competition' called 'The People's Millions' to determine the distribution of £50M to the 'winner' from 4 bids for funding.
These are some of a number of recent letters to newspapers,published in Cornwall, reflecting a broad consensus across Cornwall that the self-styled and somewhat misleadingly 'branded' 'eden' project has, at a figure in excess of £135M from various publicly funded sources, had more than its fair share and that it is time for the 'eden' project to support itself from its own efforts and for another social enterprise to receive this funding.
The other projects bidding for the £50M all of which, being primarily 'doorstep' projects, have the prospect of generating significantly smaller carbon footprints than the long distance fossil-fuelled visitor dependent 'eden' project are:
The Sustrans Connect2 National Cycle Network
Sherwood Forest Restoration & Replanting - 300 Hectares
Concern has been expressed in some quarters that the whole affair has been orchestrated by a clique within the London establishment to secure the funds for their pet 'greenwash' 'eden' project, which has a highly lubricated and longer established slick and persuasive PR spinning machine, under cover of a seeming 'open' competition.
There is widespread opinion in Cornwall that the 'eden' project has had enough public money. Perhaps its leadership will muster the integrity and morality to step aside and let one of the other projects get off to a flying start.
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