Eccotopia Planning to Apply for Matching Funds The South African government has a program that provides funds

for environmental cleanup, while Eccotopia has a solution for the disposal of the large quantity of acidic mining waste water, using Megafolia trees for the process of phytoreme diation. Cape Town, South Africa, January 07, 2013 -- Julian Moses, President of Symphony Trade and Investment 57 (PTY) Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eccotopia Ltd. http://www.eccotopia.com, announced today that Eccotopia has decided to enter in to discussion in 2013 to apply for matching funds from the South African governm ent for its project in South Africa. Eccotopia plans to offer a lasting resoluti on to the mine water problem in South Africa with the use of the Megafolia trees and their profound abilities in the process of phytoremediation. Currently the government has a program that provides funds for environmental cleanup projects that provide a green solution ; the project is estimated to create thousands of job s in the next six to ten years. Eccotopia ( http://www.eccotopia.com ) has had f avorable preliminary discussions with the labor unions in South Africa. In addition to the environmental project cleanup system, the company will be off ering a green energy solution starting in the 5th year of the project. Besides b eing an excellent natural resource for the process of phytoremediation, the fast -growing Megafolia trees are a rapid producer of biomass, offering the opportuni ty to produce both ethanol and diesel for trucks. While the first phase of the p roject will be to demonstrate that Eccotopia ( http://www.eccotopia.com ) has a solution for the disposal of the large quantity of mining waste water, the secon dary benefits will be the production of green fuel for the vast needs of Southern Africa. Initial plans call for the hiring of 20 to 30 employees which will be tr ained the first year to be the future leaders in the rapid expansion of the proj ect. About Eccotopia: Eccotopia has developed a number of significant strategic alliances with environ mental industry partners. We offer not only innovative, patented technologies of our own, but also an unmatched ability to provide experienced, objective thirdparty testing and evaluation of new technologies and cutting-edge approaches to site remediation, decentralization, forestation programs and pollution control. We understand the dynamics of combining ecological and environmental improvement s with industrialization and profitability. We have begun to explore linkages be tween ecology and economics, looking to create new kinds of partnerships and ent erprise out of environmental protection and restoration initiatives. Eccotopia's principal commitments are to our partners and to the environment. Eccotopia, Ltd. is a BVI Corporation domiciled in the Republic of South Africa. Press & Media Contact: Richard Kruger Eccotopia Ltd Ground Floor, Liesebeek House Gloucester Road, River Park Mowbray, Cape Town 7700 Republic of South Africa Tel: +27 11 881 5909 Fax: +27 11 881 5611 info@eccotopia.com http://www.eccotopia.com environmental industry, well water, paulownia megafolia, remediation, decentrali zation