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'We can help save the world' says Cara Delevingne as her charity Earthed leads urban growing revolution

Source: William Templeton

It’s often assumed that celebrities aren’t terribly fussed about the impending climate crisis.

Who has time to worry about washing out their yoghurt pots before popping them in the recycling bin between private jet rides, let alone planting an edible garden or restoring a polluted river?

But Cara Delevingne — the model and movie star making her stage debut in Cabaret on the West End — says it worries her a lot. While sharing a flat with her old school friend, environmental activist Christabel Reed, the pair had long conversations about where to put their energy.

“I care deeply about nature,” Delevingne tells Homes & Property. “There is so much conversation about what we shouldn’t do in order to save the Earth. But there is so much we can do and that is really where we wanted to put the focus.”

“I care deeply about nature,” says Delevingne, pictured here at an Earthed event (William Templeton)

Despite being seriously involved with lobbying for change around

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