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 Under embargo: 20:00 Thursday 7 June 2007THE OBSERVER ETHICAL AWARDS IN ASSOCIATION WITH ECOVER –WINNERS REVEALEDREWARDING THOSE DOING THEIR PART FOR THE PLANET
 The winners of the second Observer ethical awards, supported by Ecover,manufacturer of effective ecological washing and cleaning products, are revealedtoday. All of the winners demonstrate a clear understanding and commitment toincreasing environmental and social justice. Readers of The Observer voted AlGore,
Campaigner of the Year
; Caroline Lucas,
Politician of the Year
;Sainsbury’s: packaging that turns into compost,
Best Supermarket Initiativeof the Year
; Natural Collection,
Best Online Retailer
(supported by TheEcologist) and Infinity Foods,
Best Local Retailer
(supported by The Ecologist).A celebrity panel, which included Alastair MacGowan, David James and EmilyEavis selected Carshalton Lavender as,
Conservation Project of the Year
; Jonathan Sear and Paul Speight, who created eco-friendly social housing, wereawarded
The Do-It-Yourself Award
; BioRegional Minimills (UK) Ltd, receive
Invention of the Year
for their unique initiative that turns straw into paper;Stratherrick Primary School win,
The Ecover Award for Young Campaignersof the Year and
 Terra Plana recieve,
Ethical Fashion Product of the Year
(sponsored by Jupiter Assset Management) for their shoes.Following on from the success of the inaugural awards in 2006, which saw theMake Poverty History coalition win Campaign of the Year, the awards were
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inundated with thousands of nominations and votes. The entrants were judged bya combination of reader votes and by a celebrity panel. The winners will be presented with their awards at a ceremony, this evening, at The Hospital members club in central London, hosted by TV presenter, SimonAmstell. The winners will also feature in a special ethical issue of The ObserverMagazine, this Sunday 10 June. The judging took place in April at
The Hospital
in London and the panel alsoincluded: Julian Rhind-Tutt of Channel 4’s Green Wing; Peter Duncan, chief scoutand former Blue Peter presenter; Krishnan Guru-Murthy, news presenter; MichaelBremans, managing director of Ecover; Allan Jenkins, editor of Observer Magazineand Lucy Siegle, The Observer’s ethical living columnist. The winners of each category will win a hamper of Ecover products and aspecially designed trophy. The winner of the do-it-yourself award will receive£1,000 worth of eco building vouchers and the winner of the conservation awardwill win £1,000 toward the project. Ecover will provide the winner of the youngcampaigner category with £2,000 per year, for three years, towards theircampaign.Observer.co.uk/ethicalawards
-ends-For more information contact:
Diane Heath, The Observer, 020 7239 993Becky Cross, Bray Leino, representing Ecover 0117 9731173
Note to editors
For over 25 years, Ecover has been producing only ecological products from plant and mineral basedingredients. These products harness the power of nature and help you to maintain a healthy home, family andenvironment. Ecover’s aim is to provide effective sustainable alternatives to be used everyday by like-mindedpeople the world over. Ecover
 
offers a broad range of domestic cleaning products, each based on pioneeringecologically sound principles and created from natural plant and mineral ingredients. www.ecover.com
 
Categories voted for by Observer Readers
 
Campaigner of the Year
Al GoreFormer US presidential candidate, Gore has taken global warming to Hollywood with hisAcademy Award winning documentary
 An Inconvenient Truth
. It is difficult to imagine thatthere would be much of a debate on environmental destruction without him. Hiscampaigning continues with the series of Live Earth concerts this July.
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