An Inconvenient Truth may have been the first eco-documentary that got the maker a Nobel Prize, but filmmakers and videographers have been documenting human effects on our environment for decades. In fact, the first environmental TV documentary series aired was shot back in 1970 — before the first Earth Day!

Now, almost 40 years later, all eight half-hour episodes of Our Vanishing Wilderness can be seen again, this time by online audiences, at THIRTEEN. Each episode focuses on a specific ecosystem that’s being compromised or threatened due to human activity — like how Santa Barbara’s marine life’s affected by pesticide runoff and an oil spill, or what the potential effects of the Alaska Pipeline would be on animals living around the project.

Watch Our Vanishing Wilderness to see how the eco concerns of yesteryears are different — or exactly the same — as the ones we have today.

For another FREE eco-docu, stop by Hulu, where The Future of Food‘s available for your viewing pleasure. According to Hulu’s description, “The Future Of Food offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.” I haven’t watched it myself — As you know, I’m on a docu-diet.

Earlier: Free eco films and TV shows on Hulu.com

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