doing their bit. why on earth should we make this huge effort and hobble our economies for something which ultimately will be useless?" what would you say to them about why this is urgent and what is at stake for them and also for the world. it will be a disaster. it will be catastrophic. it is already beginning to be catastrophic because nothing in nature can survive the stress that is created by these extremes of weather. having discussed these issues, what would your ideal for a future britain look like? i think we should be leading the way, particularly in terms of how we could, as an island... i've always felt we could have an enormous impact as somewhere which was renowned for its environmental quality — the way we farm and the kind of products we produce and how they are related to telling a story about the place, the people. we wanted to help plant avenues of trees which could commemorate all