Recycled Material Sea Turtle Sculpture

Sculpting for social good. View Web Version   Buy Tickets Sculpting for Social Good In case Calypso, the National Aquarium's 500-pound green sea turtle, wasn't inspiring enough, she's now also the model for a sculpture that creates awareness of plastic's impact on animals. As part of this year's World Oceans Day celebration, the National Aquarium partnered with the Maryland Institute College of Art to produce a replica of our popular Blacktip Reef resident, made out of 4,000 recycled plastic bags. Watch the Video The Problem with Plastic The time spent actually using a plastic bag to haul groceries and other purchases from the store to your home is nothing compared to the time it will spend breaking down. Do your part to prevent plastics from ending up in our landfills and oceans. Switch to reusable bags today. Did You Know? Every year, Americans throw away an estimated 100 billion plastic bags, only 0.6 percent of which are recycled. Tweet This Aquamail Survey We want to hear from you! Let us know how we're doing and what you think of our weekly emails. Please take a minute to complete a quick survey so we can better serve you, the Aquamail subscriber! Take the Survey 501 East Pratt Street • Baltimore, MD 21202 National Aquarium is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to inspire conservation of the world's aquatic treasures. You are subscribed as: turlbombeiro@gmail.com You are receiving this message because you have signed up to receive email from the National Aquarium. To change the number of emails sent, or to unsubscribe completely, please manage your preferences.