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Its Not Easy Being Green
Find out more about the It's Not Easy Being Green television series
A 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 (1) 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 (2), keeping pigs and chickens (3), and building a waterwheel (4) 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 (5) by Dick Strawbridge. It's full of colour photographs, practical advice, and essential addresses and contact details.
Web Link References
(1) http://www.dickstrawbridge.com(2) http://www.self-sufficient.co.uk
(3) http://www.self-sufficient.co.uk/livestock.htm
(4) http://www.reuk.co.uk/Introduction-to-Water-Wheels.htm
(5) http://www.reuk.co.uk/s Not Easy Being Green: One Family
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Published: 24th September 2014
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