Eco Cartoons and the 1990s
Following the environmental disaster of Chernobyl, the grounding of the Exxon Valdez and the revelation that the Ozone layer above the Polar ice caps was gone and speeding up the process of global warming, the focus of humans on Earth turned towards the environment. A thaw in the Cold War significantly reduced the threat of nuclear annihilation. Children were the new focus for being convinced about the danger of environmental damage, and programme-makers soon began to construct characters around the growing concern.