In 2017 in Whitehall, Michigan, a group of teenage activists called the Coral Keepers established National Skip the Straw Day to recur every fourth Friday in February. In 2022, that's today! Do you know everything about the current fight against plastic pollution? Maybe today is a good day to educate yourself, and decide if you, too, will skip the straw.
Kids Fight Plastic: How to Be a #2minutesuperhero by Martin Dorey
Kids Vs. Plastic: Ditch the Straw and Find the Pollution Solution to Bottles, Bags, and Other Single-use Plastics by Julie Beer
The Last Straw by Zoe Matthiessen
Plastic, Ahoy!: Investigating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by Patricia Newman
Plastic: Past, Present, and Future by Eun-Ju Kim
The Plastic Problem: 60 Small Ways to Reduce Waste and Save the Earth by Aubre Andrus
