Paul Thomas - Managing Director
Paul Thomas is Managing Director for Mycorrhizal Systems Ltd. He says, "Mycorrhizal Systems grows a type of fungus called truffles, so we set up plantations across the world to grow this fungus... (I'm)...
Rob Nicholls - Caretaker / Groundsman
Rob Nicholls is the Caretaker/Groundsman at Fairstead House School, Newmarket. He came here after 37 years as a printer. "It's more enjoyable than being in print. Obviously when you're in print, you're...
Amy Eycott - Ecologist
Amy Eycott is an ecologist, she enjoys "getting to run around the woods finding wood crickets buried under hedges." She says "I was kind of a bit split at school between drama and science... I'm like,...
Colin Burgess - Bereavement Services Superviser
Colin Burgess is the Operation Supervisor for London Borough of Lewisham Bereavement Services. He looks after the cemeteries. Tha means he has to help people when they are bereaved and he feels it is important...
Alan Gray - Mechanical Engineer
Alan Gray is a Mechanical Engineer with the Forestry Commission. He works on forestry machinery, tractors and road-going vehicles. He says "I really love working with my hands. My apprenticeship was mostly...
Michael Pytel - Pest Control Officer
Michael Pytel found school restrictive but thrived at Art College. Eventually, attracted by a job that gave him the opportunity to learn to drive, he found himself at the Eden Project as a Pest Control...
Kevin Johnson - Steward
Kevin Johnson, steward at the Eden Project, knows that at 16 not everyone has (or needs to have) a clear career plan. When he couldn't get a job after school, he went on to study horticulture at college....
Liz Kirk - Staff Aromatherapist
Liz Kirk, staff aromatherapist at the Eden Project, found choosing a university course aged 18, quite daunting; but she thoroughly enjoyed her studies and the work that followed. More recently, her greatest...
Malcolm Perkins - Land Train Supervisor
Malcolm Perkins, Land Train Supervisor at the Eden Project, has had a rich mix of careers. Leaving school at 15 and training as a Butcher helped prepare him for his roles in catering but he also enjoyed...
Monroe Shepherd - Pollinator
Not having a plan is Monroe's career plan. Currently a Pollinator at the Eden Project, his natural curiosity and love of communication have helped him make a living out of taking each day as it comes,...
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