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It's Not Easy Being Green

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Documentary series in which people are helped to 'go green' and conserve the environment

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It's Not Easy Being Green: Series 3

Dick Strawbridge

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James Strawbridge

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It's Not Easy Being Green: Series 3: Episode 5

Episode 5

Series 3

BBC Two - It's Not Easy Being Green, Series 3, Episode 5

Looking at hydroponics, eco-fashion, harvesting rainwater and installing solar panels.

Dick and James take delivery of a geodesic dome. Lauren looks into the eco-fashion industry. Sam and Mark from CBBC are the eco-test guests. Chris and Jay harvest rainwater.

Dick and James take delivery of a geodesic dome - think Eden project. It is not so easy to erect, but James needs it for his grand hydroponics scheme.

Lauren looks into the eco-fashion industry. 

Sam and Mark from CBBC are the eco-test guests. Is our scoreboard big enough to accommodate the number of planets that would be needed if we all lived like them? What will the children say?

Chris and Jay are flush with success as their rainwater harvesting begins. 

Jon Kay discovers that it is not at all easy being green if you live in a listed building or conservation area and want a solar panel or two.

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Dick and James Strawbridge and Lauren Laverne find out about living the green life

Dick Strawbridge and son James team up with Lauren Laverne to find out more about living the green life

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