For decades, corporations have known that, if they lobby for their own interests, public opinion won’t take them seriously. Whatever their sugar-coated words, we’ll be aware that they are speaking not out of public-spiritedness but to protect the share-options of their boards. And there’s nothing better than being able to drink your own organic apple juice.. I have an apple tree and I’ve now got loads of apples that I’ve grown without using insecticide, that I’ll put through the juicer and create organic apple juice that will see me halfway through the winter.

And it’s also one of the few ways I can escape the television.’ And I thought, did it never occur to you to turn the television off? Or put a jumper on?The thing about living the green life is that it’s rather pleasant Yes, it’s logical and sensible but it’s also enjoyable. And I’m fortunate in that I really dislike warm rooms, so it’s not difficult for me to have the central heating low.I recycle religiously I can bore for Britain on the subject of recycling I’ve also got two excellent composters. Someone emailed in and said, ‘How can John Humphrys be so thoughtless? It’s wonderful to be able to sit outside in the winter and still feel warm. I reckon by the end of the week after I’ve recycled all the paper, tins, bottles and combustibles, I have one supermarket bag of rubbish.I upset listeners of the Today programme when I rail against patio heaters, but it’s one of my greatest irritations Burning gas to heat outside air seems ludicrous to me. It baffles me – as if there’s something macho about wasting electricity!I do turn the lights off if I’m leaving a room and I think I’m not likely to be returning for some time All the bulbs I use are energy efficient. Food kept wonderfully in there, so during the winter I decided not to use the fridge. A journalist came round to interview me and I stupidly mentioned this fact.

It’s been thrown back at me ever since – how I’m ‘the man who turns off his fridge’ And it’s no longer even true. I don’t live in the house with the pantry any more! But yes, when I boil a kettle for a cup of coffee, I boil enough water for a cup of coffee. That strikes me as not only sensible but also practical, in terms of saving time But I’m portrayed as too mean to boil a kettle of water. So I started pulling weeds one morning and by lunchtime I looked up, and realised I would be 165 before I got to the other end.I ended up selling most of the farm But I’ve remained involved with the organic movement I buy organic food – I’ve got a great butcher in London. I try to avoid supermarkets as much as possible; when I can’t avoid it, I buy organic.Ten to fifteen years ago, I lived in a house with a cold pantry. But in the couple of years I was there, I met two extremely impressive people who introduced me to the organic movement – Patrick Holden [Director of the Soil Association] and Peter Segger [Chairman of Organic Farm Foods].

They persuaded me to start growing organically, which I began to do – disastrously. I stupidly planted 12 acres of carrots and almost immediately the weeds came up. Wouldn’t it be lovely if the next big thing after the Make Poverty History arm bands was a trendy shopping bag that everyone took to the supermarket? That would be fantastic. Someone really should do that…For more information about wind energy go to www.embracewind John Humphrys, 62, broadcaster About 25 years ago, I bought a farm in Wales, thinking that I would settle down and live a bucolic existence I realised quite quickly that wasn’t going to happen. It tastes much better to have something that’s seasonal and local.I buy things loose, not in packages. The supermarkets really have to do something about the waste they’re producing It’s terrible. I try not to use plastic bags and take one shopping bag with me – like people used to.