In 2016, a group of 26 students from Walt Whitman Middle School in Brooklyn, New York, set out to help protect our environment from plastic. They held debates, examined water samples, and interviewed community members and climate professionals. They learned from Park Ranger Dan Meharg that "anything that gets dropped in the streets (in Brooklyn or Queens) gets washed into pipes that go right to Jamaica Bay." The group visited Jamaica Bay, a 20 square mile wildlife refuge, to see for themselves the different types of plastic found on the beach. Birds often confuse litter with food and can get trapped in other plastic materials. Now Cafeteria Culture is helping the students make a documentary to share what they learned and to share their message for the the world. "Pick up litter. Save a critter."