Sir David Attenborough has called for a “moral” crusade against wasting energy, drawing parallels with a more conscious approach to food and life.
Sir David, 80, the presenter of the Planet Earth television series and one of the UK’s most highly esteemed BBC broadcasters, told a Commons committee the wartime slogan “Waste Not, Want Not” should be used to persuade homeowners to switch off electrical appliances instead of leaving them on standby.
“I grew up during the war and it was a common view that wasting food was wrong,” said Sir David. “It was not that you thought you were going to defeat Hitler by eating a little bit of