KT Tunstall to go carbon neutral on tour in mission to help Amazon tribes survive climate crisis

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KT Tunstall is going carbon neutral on tour, but admits she will be criticised for flying around the world.The singer, 46, previously planted a forest in Peebles and has signed a deal with American company Reverb which helps acts go green.But she said she is on a mission to cut out her carbon footprint completely after making mistakes in the past that people could use against her.She said: “The forest in Peebles is on my list of pilgrimages to go and see whatever Tunstall Forest looks like and see how it’s doing.“I’ve been involved in this for nearly 20 years and it’s really tough because there’s no silver bullet.“For a while I was using biofuels for my tour buses and it turned out that wasn’t a great idea because they were cutting down foliage to grow monoculture crops so it’s a real trial and error.“That’s when it gets hard as a ­musician advocating for stuff because you can be in the firing line of that misstep.

It can get pretty tiring when you’re really trying but someone is going, ‘but you get on a plane’.“Yeah, if I want to do a gig in your town I’m going to have to get on a plane because nobody has invented a green plane but when they do I’ll definitely buy a ticket.”She added: “In the meantime, just because you’re in a system doesn’t mean you can’t criticise it.“It’s all right to ask and advocate for new options.” The BRIT award-winning star, who shot to fame in 2004 with her chart-topping debut album Black Horse & The Cherry Tree and has had a string of million-selling records, was inspired to go all out to help the planet after a trip of a lifetime in 2018.

She headed to Peru with the Reverb chief Adam Gardner, his ­environmentalist wife, Lauren Sullivan, Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine and Dave Matthews