{"id":4216,"date":"2009-02-25T10:18:44","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T16:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4216"},"modified":"2009-02-25T10:18:44","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T16:18:44","slug":"captain-planet-returns-just-in-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/captain-planet-returns-just-in-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Captain Planet Returns Just in Time"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Back in 1990, Ted Turner decided that TBS needed to create the world’s first eco-hero, and Captain Planet and the Planeteers were born. The cartoon ran for 6 seasons and has been largely unavailable since then. Until now. Even more so than in 1990, the world really needs an eco-hero now, and Captain Planet is back.<\/p>\n The very first episode of Captain Planet and the Planeteers<\/a> is now available on Mother Nature Network<\/a>, and the environmental news network plans to unveil twenty episodes of the eco-cartoon over the next year.<\/p>\n Here’s a recap of the first episode:<\/p>\n In A Hero for Earth<\/em>, the first episode of Captain Planet and the Planeteers<\/em>,\u00a0viewers are introduced to Gaia, the spirit of the Earth, played by Whoopi Goldberg. Gaia awakes to find humans are destroying the planet. To save the Earth, she creates five magic rings, each with the power to control an element of nature and one controlling the extra element, heart – and presents the rings to five special young people she selects from across the globe: Kwame from Africa, Wheeler from the United States, Linka from the Soviet Union, Gi from Asia, and Ma-Ti from South\u00a0America. These are the Planeteers. When they encounter\u00a0situations they cannot handle alone, they combine and magnify their powers to summon Captain Planet, who possesses all of their powers magnified.<\/p>\n In A\u00a0Hero for Earth, <\/em><\/em>the Planeteers battle Hoggish Greedly, played by Ed Asner, whose oil rig operation is jeopardizing the coastline.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Whoppi Goldberg and Ed Asner aren’t the only celebreties who lent their voices to Captain Planet over its six year run. LeVar Burton, James Coborn, Martin Sheen, Meg Ryan, Tim Curry, Jeff Goldblum and even Sting are a few of the celebs who voiced recurring characters on the eco-cartoon.<\/p>\n