Eden Project Deploys LiveU EcoSystem

Eden Project, the UK-based visitor attraction, social enterprise and educational charity, is using the LiveU EcoSystem to produce and deliver its new Eden Project Live Learning program.

The setup combines LiveU's intelligent production unit LU900Q, powered by LiveU IQ (LIQ™) AI-driven connectivity, with LiveU Studio, the company's cloud production solution, letting Eden Project broadcast directly from its Cornwall site with a reliable and streamlined production workflow.

Providing free twice-monthly curriculum-aligned livestreams to schools directly from its famous site, the Eden Project enables students in the UK and worldwide to explore the planet, connect with nature and understand the role they play in steering positive action, through an interactive window into one of the world's most inspiring environmental and horticultural projects.

The educational team, led by Robbie Kirkman, had already built up an audience of upwards of 75,000 youngsters streaming live sessions from the site's tropical rainforest biome throughout 2025, using a mobile phone and an existing WiFi network. However, this proved challenging, primarily due to inconsistent connectivity. Kirkman knew they wanted to utilize the entire site as a classroom but needed a cost-effective solution that could deliver more content at a higher quality, taking what they'd started to the next level.

That opportunity arrived in 2026, Eden Project's 25th anniversary, which brought the funding needed to make the leap. Kirkman spotlights a successful LU900Q proof of concept, demonstrating consistently high video performance from the biomes, rainforest and other places around the site that enabled the team to launch the new program.

"Prior to this, I wasn't anywhere near confident we could deliver the consistency and quality we needed. We've had a lot of support from the LiveU team to get this off the ground," he says.

Kirkman presents the livestream in tandem with his colleague Thomas Last, who also produces the shows – both have a background in teaching. "One of the unique things about the production is using LiveU Studio to drive the platform, whilst also presenting," says Last. "Another challenge was working out how to get communication between Robbie and me.

"To achieve smooth communication across the site they opted for LiveU Audio Connect. Last can hear Kirkman through his feed to LiveU Studio, and Kirkman can hear him back through Audio Connect. "What we don't want to lose is the interactivity between people on screen, because that makes it more fun, and also the ability to react to what's going on around you," says Kirkman.

The programs are livestreamed to a password-protected area on the Eden Project website, which is also where the interactive elements take place. Students, many of whom may not have the opportunity to visit the site in person, can ask questions and react to polls in real time. Last says: "We are hitting audiences further afield than the UK, prior to this new program we've livestreamed to Australia, Brazil and South Korea."
"Eden Project Morecambe is undergoing construction and is due to open late 2028," adds Kirkman. "We're already thinking about how live streams might look specific for schools in that area, also how we'll link up between Eden Project Cornwall, Eden Project Morecambe, and run joint projects that we can hinge together through the platform of live learning for a better and brighter future."

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