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Michael Berkeley's guest on Private Passions this week is Sir Tim Smit, the Dutch-born businessman who studied archaeology and anthropology before becoming a successful songwriter and music producer, winning seven platinum and gol;d discs. In 1987 he and his family moved to Cornwall, where he worked on The Lost Gardens of Heligan, and then created The Eden Project, an initiative to build two transparent biodomes in an old china clay pit. described as 'the eighth wonder of the world', The Eden Project aims to educate people about environmental issues, and has become a world-famous visitor attraction. Smit's book about the project, Eden, has become the bestselling environment book of the 21st century to date. TIm Smit was appointed Honorary CBE in 2002, and Honorary KBE in January 2011. He is also a Social Enterprise Ambassador.

Tim Smit is also passionate about music, and plays the piano daily.