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.
5 January 2026
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."
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