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What has been your biggest lifestyle change?
The fact that I have never owned nor driven a car.
What was your green turning point?
The death of a school friend who was killed in a road accident.
What has been your smallest lifestyle change?
My reusable toothbrush.
What’s your favorite eco item in your closet?
My Patagonia waterproof fleece that lasts year after year.
What’s your favorite eco item in your home?
My aluminum lunch box.
What keeps you up at night?
Keeping bird song in our lives.
"I would repeal the second amendment."
What’s your little green secret?
Funding bio-acoustic research that enables new species of birds to be described and preserved.
If you had five minutes in the Oval Office, what would you say?
I would repeal the second amendment and ban hunting.
What do you hope to pass down to your children?
I live in Poole Harbour and I would really like the sea level to be at the same level when my children’s children are grown up.
Mark Constantine
Co-founder, Lush Cosmetics
What’s on your recommended reading list?
Dry Store Room Number 1 by Richard Fortey, which delves into the secret life of the Natural History Museum.
Who is your green superhero?
Ruth Andrade, Lush’s environmental officer.
What smart choices have you made this week?
Not flying off for a long weekend to the Sicily Isles and staying at home. Not choosing Cod on the menu when dining out. Putting a rack on my Brompton bicycle and working out how to fold it and take it on the train.
What’s your guilty pleasure?
It would have to be Paul Smith clothing.
Which nonprofits get your stamp of approval?
Birdlife International, Reprieve, Plane Stupid, Sea Shepherd, Campaign for Better Transport, and Hunt Saboteurs.
What’s on your wish list?
For Tescos and Ryan Air to disappear.
If you could snap your fingers and create a green product or service that doesn’t exist yet, what would it be?
Funding for ethical entrepreneurs that does not push them into the hands of multinationals.
