In August, a leading US meteorological scientist, Kerry Emanuel, explicitly linked global warming to a significant increase in the power of hurricanes since the mid-1970sToxic tollIn developed countries, some of the worst of polluting heavy industry has been cleaned up; the industrialisation of farming remains problematic: it is estimated that more than 2.8 million tonnes of artificial chemical pesticides are sprayed worldwide each year. I’ve got a great compost heap and I’ll throw all the vegetable peelings, tea bags and eggshells in there. I go down the recycling centre every week, with a big box of everything we’ve collected. I have to admit I’ve been a bit slack lately because I was on tour and then, ten days ago, our second child Lola was born Our food is as organic and Fair Trade as possible All of Lola’s baby food is organic We’ll always spend that extra few quid on it. And I’ve noticed that the prices are getting a bit more reasonable.

I try to avoid packaging, although I did recently end up buying organic apples from New Zealand in a plastic box. We use Ecover products for cleaning and washing up and all those things Lola’s nappies are 100 per cent biodegradable. My cousin’s husband has an apothecary in Wells called Arcania It’s all handmade organic beauty products. There’s one in Glastonbury, so we’ve got a lot of stuff from there.

Tilly loves it and I find that sort of stuff doesn’t irritate your skin as much I’d like to do more for the environment I do give money to Greenpeace but there’s a long way to go. Another cousin of mine is a mechanic and I want him to convert my car to gas It’s definitely something I’ll do But unleaded’s got to be good enough for me at the moment. Hopefully, with Wills and the Willing we’ll get in a position where we can use that to help educate people. I’ve been really influenced by bands like Coldplay and U2 who have been so big on FairTrade. We’ve done a song about homelessness and I’d love to do one about the environment Our album Kerbside is going to be carbon neutral I think that’s the least we can do.

Alistair McGowan, 40, impressionist I first became aware of environmental issues and the ability one has to make a difference when I read an article about waste in about 1989. I remember being astonished by a statistic about how much waste McDonalds had saved by shortening the length of their drinking straws. All these hurricanes and the temperature rises only make me want to do more. I mean it’s got to have something to do with the way we’ve been living, hasn’t it? You can’t be blinkered about that any more, Mr Bush. It’s turned round and bitten him on the arse with Hurricane Katrina I think it’s karma.