Indianapolis Business Daily

environment?

im still working on my decade project so i have queastions: how were people effecting our environment in the 70s? what laws were out into efferct to protect it? what was TV like in the 70s? what trends in televishion were there? please please please try to answer at least 1 queastion for me please! and please leave any website you can that has helpful information! thanks!!!

Public Comments

Rolling Stone Magazine has it's whole content available on DVD. If you get it, you will have the whole decade. http://www.rollingstone.com
Environmentalism had not kicked off in the 1970s and people had only just become aware of the impact we were having on our environment. Global warming was unknown and the hole in the ozone layer had not been shown to be increasing. Laws that were effecting the environment were really those put in place to prevent dangerous chemicals (like DDT) being released. TV in the 70s was brilliant. There were some real classics like Bronowski's "Ascent of Man", Alistair Cooke's "America" and Attenborough's "Living Planet". Kids programmes were led by "Bagpuss", which regularly wins the best children's programme ever vote. Trend-wise - three major trends. Realism (dramas became more true to life), non-PC (comedies poked fun at race and sex), and the 70's saw the beginnings of the blockbuster documentaries (as mentioned above). Good luck with your project.
In the 70's we had left over shows like Bonanza, Gun Smoke things were close to changing over to more variety shows like Sonny and Cher, Carol Burnett, Flip Wilson, Every sunday night there was a disney movie. there were little to no shows for children until the mid or late 80's. Tv came on at 6 am and went off at midnight. There was no MTV or all night news, weather etc. News only lasted for about 15 minutes. Can't forget about Love American Style, and Room 222, Hee Haw Those were good shows ! Lawrence Welk, Jackson 5 One day at a time,Laugh In, Andy Griffith Show, Little house on the prarie, Mel's diner, The jeffersons, Mary Tyler Moore 1970's Shows All in the Family Bob Newhart, The Brady Bunch, The CHiPS Good Times Happy Days Jeffersons, The Laverne & Shirley M*A*S*H Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Muppet Show, The Odd Couple, The Sanford & Son Taxi Waltons, The Welcome Back, Kotter 1970's variety shows The Carol Burnett Shows Summer Season Shows of the '70s The Golddiggers Joey and Dad Lola Falana Van Dyke and Company The Carpenters The Flip Wilson Show The Sonny & Cher Shows The New Bill Cosby The Bobby Darin Show Hudson Brothers The Smothers Brothers Show The Cher Show The Redd Foxx Comedy Hour The Richard Pryor Show Sound clips George Burns Jack Paar's Goodbyes Pink Lady and Jeff