AS ONE OF THE FIRST MAJOR PUBLIC FIGURES TO promote organic agriculture, Prince Charles undeniably has some pretty lush green laurels to garland the head that will one day wear the crown. In that context, he was a natural choice to address last year’s COP26 climate change conference, telling world leaders that “restoring natural capital” and “accelerating nature-based solutions” were part of the solution to the environmental crisis.But, as the saying goes, fine words butter no parsnips - even organic ones - and Prince Charles and his family could do a lot more to live up to the aspirations he has set for the rest of the planet.
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