Russell Tovey wants to help the planet
Russell Tovey thinks people need to be “presented with more opportunities” to help the environment in small ways.
Russell Tovey thinks people need to be “presented with more opportunities” to help the environment.
The 44-year-old actor does his best to make a difference to the planet in small ways and called for people to join together to do more to help.
He told SFX magazine: “I’m one that has anxiety if I haven’t put a bottle in the right bin.
“I’ve been vegetarian for many, many years. I drive an electric car.
“The thing is, what can you do? We need to be presented with more opportunities of how we can make a difference.
“We’re constantly being told, ‘It’s too late, there’s nothing you can do.’ But there is.
“We have to hope that we can, as individual people but collectively, make a difference.”
Russell thinks action in the past is proof that coming together can instigate real change.
He added: “We need to celebrate the things we have achieved.
“For example, years ago we were told, ‘There’s a hole in the ozone layer. The planet’s burning.’ The ozone layer’s closed up now – we’ve done that as humanity.
“We went, ‘Right, no CFCs in fridges or aerosol cans. We’re going to club together and make a change’, and we closed it up.
“But do we celebrate that? Do we go as humanity, ‘We did this. Collectively, as a planet, we made a change. It made a difference. Here we go!’
“Think what else we can do.”
