Feast of Eden

At first glance the Eden Project looks like the set for a James Bond movie's doomsday dénouement. Dwarfed by giant sci-fi structures, myrmidons in helmets and boots scurry around as if to do the final bidding of a megalomaniac with a warped sense of humor whose plot to destroy humankind is named for the Creation's biblical setting. Ladies and Gentlemen, take your seats for the last show on earth, unless 007 can get here on time.

But Bond is not needed. Once inside the vast complex at Bodelva in Britain's Duchy of Cornwall, around 350 km southwest of...