Its Not Easy Being Green
Its Not Easy Being Green
Find out more about the It's Not Easy Being Green television series
general | energy efficiency | newsA new series began on BBC2 on Tuesday 28th March 2006 at 8:00pm called
It's Not Easy Being Green in which inventor and engineer Lieutenant-Colonal
Dick Strawbridge and his family decide to leave their life in the West Midlands and move to a self-sufficient 300 year-old farmhouse in the West Country with three acres of land and no plumbing or electricity. To reduce their eco-footprint they have to reduce the amount of water, land, and other natural resources they use to support their lifestyle,
growing fruit and vegetables, keeping
pigs and chickens, and building a
waterwheel to power the lights in the house.
The book to accompany the BBC series is available through Amazon here at just
£11.38 a saving of £7.61 on recommended retail price:
It's Not Easy Being Green: One Family's Journey Towards Eco-Friendly Living by Dick Strawbridge. It's full of colour photographs, practical advice, and essential addresses and contact details.
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