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In this two-part series, presenter Francis Jones embarks on a mission to embrace an eco-friendly, carbon-neutral lifestyle, gauging just how difficult it is to balance environmental awareness with modern-day living. It seems a worthy cause, albeit one that many of us might only be willing to take on with numerous conditions attached, so what inspires a man in his mid-fifties to start obsessing about bamboo toothbrushes, recyclable crisp packet initiatives and green-energy tariffs?

The answer is Francis's wife who works for an environmental charity. She starts the ball rolling by looking at the waste they were bringing back from supermarkets. Committing to buying fruit and veg in a greengrocer on her way home from work, she's soon setting up a new ‘bin regime’ in the house. That sets in motion the introduction of a set of new systems like the use of bamboo toothbrushes, quickly followed by the delivery of a box of recycled toilet paper (which isn't as bad as it sounds!)

Francis takes some persuading to go along with the ban on car journeys under a mile, particularly as he has to walk their son to football training every week during the 2019-2020 Welsh monsoon season. But, while there were disagreements, Francis gradually realises that he needs to show more enthusiasm, dig deeper and make a bigger commitment....