It's Not Easy Being Green
- It's Not Easy Being Green
infobox television
show_name = It's Not Easy Being Green
caption = "It's Not Easy Being Green" title card
format = Reality
runtime = 59 Minutes (episode 1), 29 Minutes (episodes 2-7)
creator =
executive producer =
starring = Dick Strawbridge
Brigit Strawbridge
country = UK
network = BBC
first_aired = March 28, 2006
last_aired = 16 May, 2006
num_episodes = 7
website= http://www.itsnoteasybeinggreen.org/
imdb_id= 787968 |
"It's Not Easy Being Green" is a programme on BBC Two, following Lieutenant-Colonel Dick Strawbridge, his wife Brigit, son James, and daughter Charlotte as they move into New House Farm, a 300-year-old listed building in Tywardreath, Cornwall, England from Malvern, Worcestershire.
The series documents the family's attempts to convert the building and garden into a comfortable yet entirely ecologically friendly place to live. The show is perhaps unique in that the family does not want great sacrifices in achieving their goal, and Dick Strawbridge says “I don't want to wear a hemp shirt and hairy knickers, I want a 21st-century lifestyle with a coffee machine”. [cite news |last=O'Connell|first=Sanjida|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/environment/article352304.ece|title= Living the eco-life in Cornwall|date=March 20, 2006|publisher=The Independent Online Edition|accessdate=2006-11-14]
In the series they receive advice from permaculture expert Patrick Whitefield and green auditor Donnachadh McCarthy. They are also helped by friends Jim Milner and Anda Phillips as well as at points a small army of friends and relatives.
A book entitled ‘It's Not Easy Being Green: One Family's Journey Towards Eco-Friendly Living’ ISBN 0-563-49346-1 by Dick Strawbridge has been released to accompany the series.
The series is currently in its second season, focusing on the Strawbridges' helping others to achieve their eco-friendly goals, rather than on their own residence.
The series takes its title from the first line of the song "Bein' Green" (most famously associated with Kermit the Frog).
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Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.itsnoteasybeinggreen.org/ The It's Not Easy Being Green Website]
* [http://www.dickstrawbridge.com/ Dick Strawbridge Homepage]
* [http://www.reuk.co.uk/Its-Not-Easy-Being-Green.htm Renewable Energy UK]
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