In the 1960s things stunk—the air, the water, even the land. Pollution, man. In 1970 the ecology movement came into the forefront of political consciousness culminating in the first Earth Day. I know about that, I was there. Technology played a part in turning the tide of air, land and water pollution. But the promise of a clean environment was gradually eroded by politicians that didn’t care, business interests only concerned with their own profit margins and a generation that became too complacent leaving newer generations to pick up the pieces. Sorry, it wasn’t our intention.

Technology helped in the 1970s and is needed more than ever now. I explore what the sixties concerns about the planet provided and what modern technology can do to help now.