In Captain Cleanwater's activity book, kids learn about how boaters can take responsibility for keeping the water clean. Inky the Whale appears as a cartoon figure in her own coloring book, but is based on the real-life whale which washed up on a New Jersey beach. The Coast Guard provided an airlift, and the whale was taken to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. A documentary video shows scientists at the aquarium reaching into the whale's stomach with an instrument to retrieve plastic, which had kept her from digesting food. Inky brings a powerful marine debris message to kids and adults alike.
Education is a solution to pollution.