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Ecotricity and CARE International home in on sustainable development

13 May 2003

Leading overseas aid agency CARE International UK is supporting Ecotricity, the UK's largest independent supplier of renewable energy, in its drive to encourage homeowners throughout England and Wales to install clean electricity.

Ecotricity is offering homeowners the opportunity to switch to green electricity taken from renewable energy sources, at no extra cost to themselves. Green energy sources, such as wind, sun and water, do not pollute and do not run out. Ecotricity is the only licensed electricity company in the UK dedicated to building new green energy capacity. As an independent company, all its profits are ploughed back into growing the business. It has a goal to supply one million homes and is building new projects across the UK to meet demand.

CARE donors already support sustainable environmental and agricultural projects in developing countries. Now, there is an opportunity to support CARE by promoting sustainable development in the UK. CARE will receive £5 from Ecotricity for every person who switches to its green electricity via the link on CARE's website (www.careinternational.org.uk).

Dale Vince, managing director of Ecotricity comments, "Wind energy is the natural and most economic solution to providing clean electricity. It is the environmental and practical alternative to conventional electricity for the developed and developing world. This is an important partnership in terms of spreading the word about the value of using local and abundant wind sources to combat climate change for the good of the whole planet."

Working in partnership with ethical companies is crucial to both CARE and Ecotricity. Will Day, chief executive of CARE explains: "It is the world's poorest people who suffer most from the impact of climate change and bad environmental practice. This new partnership between CARE and Ecotricity gives people the opportunity - at no cost to themselves - to make changes at home that benefit the global environment and support us in our efforts to achieve a more sustainable world.'

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For further information contact:
Ecotricity: Nicola McDowall tel: 01453 769326 email: nicola.mcdowall@ecotricity.co.uk or Clare Summers tel: 01453 769303 email: clare.summers@ecotricity.co.uk
CARE International UK : Kate Bulbulian, tel: 020 7934 9347, Mob: 07766 051 925; Fax: 020 7934 9335; email: bulbulian@ciuk.org

1. CARE is an independent humanitarian agency working to end world poverty. With programmes in over 60 countries, CARE touches the lives of over 30 million of the world's poorest people. Whether supporting environmental projects, primary health care, promoting sustainable agriculture or developing savings and loan schemes, CARE's programmes promote positive and lasting change and reduce long-term dependency. CARE also provides emergency food and shelter to survivors of natural disasters, wars and conflicts. The organisation remains with communities long after initial relief efforts are completed and supports initiatives to enable people to rebuild their lives and to face the future with renewed confidence.
2. Ecotricity founded the UK's green electricity market place in 1995 and supplies organisations like The Body Shop, WWF-UK and The Co-operative Bank. Partners include The Soil Association, Simply Organic and Future Forests.