Christian Aid is to unveil a life-saving eco-house at the Eden Project this spring in the hope that it will inspire people to take action on climate change.
In addition, the charity's ultimate Green Garden will be featured at the Grand Designs Live ExCel London show, to be held 8 to 10 June, and will teach the public how to stylishly transform gardens while helping to tackle climate change.
Christian Aid is also working with a Channel 4 TV 'Green Garden' to help raise awareness of the impact of climate change on communities worldwide.
Visitors to the eco-house at the Eden Project will be invited to visit the display of four home sections.
In the Latin America house, they will see how communities in Honduras are overcoming the challenges of deforestation and preparing for hurricanes and increasingly heavy tropical storms. Bangladesh and Indonesia are highlighted in the Asia home, which will look at the implication of rising sea levels and flooding. In the Africa section, the focus is on the latest food crisis and drought in Kenya.
The final part of the display focuses on the UK, which Christian Aid and the Eden Project hope will inspire people to take action on climate change by reducing their own carbon emissions, adapting their lifestyles and campaigning with Christian Aid for more government action to stop global warming.
In addition, visitors will be able to support Christian Aid's work by purchasing a virtual Present Aid gift, some of which are featured in the house, and signing up to the 'Climate Changed' campaign. The eco-house will be at Eden for a limited period only, closing on 3 September 2007.
The inspiration for the eco-house comes from the work of Christian Aid partner organisations to help poor communities worldwide adapt to the effects of climate change.
