Ed Miliband MP Volunteers With BTCV's Carbon Army Before Heading off to Copenhagen Summit

DONCASTER, England, December 3 - Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, will join
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV), to support the leading
environmental charity's new Carbon Army campaign. Just days before he travels
to Copenhagen to join negotiations for a global deal on climate change, the
Doncaster North MP will be volunteering in Buntings Wood, Thorne, South
Yorkshire on the 4th December.

He will work with 15 BTCV volunteers to plant trees to help soak up
carbon and bolster hedgerows to improve biodiversity and migrating species.

Mr Miliband's involvement will help kick-start BTCV's 3000 Days of Action
campaign which will see volunteers head into local communities across the UK
to actively give 3,000 days of environmental volunteering to combat
global-warming - one day for every delegate attending the Copenhagen
Conference. The 3000 Days of Action campaign will be accumulated between
1-18th December 2009 to demonstrate what could be achieved with deeds rather
than words. Ed Milliband will be part of this movement.

During BTCV's 3000 days of action the Carbon Army could:

    - Plant 1.4 million trees (enough to stretch from London to Brighton at
      three trees per metre), or

    - Create enough allotment space to save three million food miles, or

    - Turn an area the size of 34 Wembley football pitches in to urban green
      spaces.

The Carbon Army represents BTCV's most concerted effort in its 50-year
history to communicate the urgency of the climate change. It will see its
existing force of volunteers and new recruits deliver direct and tangible
change on the UK's emissions. BTCV aims to prove that by acting collectively,
individuals can make a difference to a global problem.

Mr Miliband said: "I'm supporting BTCV's Carbon Army because it offers
people, regardless of age or background, a practical way to get involved in
local projects that result in positive benefits to the environment, those
individuals and their communities. The Carbon Army gives people an
opportunity to take local, direct action on climate change. It's proof that
we can individually make a difference."

Mr Miliband will be joined by 15 local BTCV volunteers and its Chairman
Rupert Evenett.

www.btcv.org/carbonarmy

Contact Jane Whitham, BTCV, for filming opportunities and further
information, +44-(0)7909-000258.

Contact Jane Whitham, BTCV, for filming opportunities and further information, +44-(0)7909-000258.