I remember this crap being shoved down my throat in school in the 70’s too. Woodsy the owl, Uncle Smiley, my teachers telling us to recycle, making terrariums, over population, the commmercial with the kid saying “parents need to stop being ‘fuelish’”, or there wouldn’t be ANY oil by the time he went to college, the whole lot. I’ve never understood how this crap has been repeated for 40 plus years and NONE of their “predictions” have come true. The biggest $hithole pollution disasters occur in countries without freedom.
I have never understood that either. It's like Communism - there has never, ever been a successful, prosperous Communist country...yet there are still people who are committed to Communism heart and soul.