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Accomplishments

1993-Present

  • 2010
    JANUARY

    Restored Whaling Wall 56 in Vancouver, Canada, in conjunction with wildlife artist Robert Bateman and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games

    MARCH

    FOCUS Program brought to hundreds of students in Puerto Rico 2010 OCEANS West Coast Tour traveled to 8 cities from Seattle to Anaheim

    APRIL

    OCEANS Classroom Mural Contest reached over 29,000 students in 39 state

  • 2009
    APRIL

    Wyland and the Wyland Foundation painted the largest painting of Earth measuring 2.8 acres on the roof of the Long Beach Sports Arena in celebration of Earth Day 2009

    JUNE

    Wyland Foundation, in partnership with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Forest Service launch FOCUS (Forests, Ocean, Climate, and Us)

    OCTOBER

    Wyland Foundation named 2009 Environmental Champion by Sempra Energy Foundation South Florida Mayor’s Challenge challenged mayors in 80 cities in South Florida to reduce water waste and consumption. Resulted in a savings of 31,557,845 gallons of water and a reduction of 1,452,522 pounds of landfill waste. Painted ocean-themed mural with hundreds of students in St. John, Antigua to inspire the island nation to better care for its marine ecosystems

  • 2008
    MARCH

    Wyland and the Wyland Foundation paint with over 1,000 kids on the White House Lawn in support of ocean conservation for the White House Easter Egg Roll

    JUNE

    United Nations Environment Programme’s Children’s Conference on the Environment hosts the Wyland Foundation to paint a worldwide collaborative mural featuring marine life from the IUCN’s Red List of Endangered Species

    JULY

    Whaling Wall 100: “Hands Across the Oceans” Beijing, China, 2,430 feet long x 10’ high. Painted with the help of children from 192 countries around the world in conjunction with the 2008 Beijing Cultural Olympic Festival

  • 2007
    SEPTEMBER

    Wyland Clean Water Challenge: Exploring Aquatic Ecosystems educational program published by Teacher Created Resources and distributed by Blue Star Education

    OCTOBER

    Wyland Clean Water Mobile Learning Center launched to increase student knowledge of the function of watersheds and understanding of the impact that the children, their families, and communities have on these systems.

    OCTOBER

    “Every Drop Counts” Nationwide Tour traveled across the United States to promote a message of a healthy environment, healthy lifestyle, and saving more than 10 million gallons of water.

  • 2006

    Hold Your Water: 68 Things You Need to Know to Keep Our Planet Blue is published nationwide

    SEPTEMBER

    Wyland Ocean Challenge Newspapers-in-Education program broke all NIE participation records when it was requested by over 1,000 classrooms and reached over 26,000 children.

    OCTOBER

    “Barging Down the Mississippi” Clean Water Tour inspired 50,000 people in nine states to save over 2 million gallons of water

  • 2005
    JUNE

    West Coast Cleanup Tour, Invited communities in four states and three countries to “Lend a Hand and Learn”

  • 2004
    AUGUST

    17-State East Coast Cleanup Tour from Portland, Maine to Key West, Florida

  • 2003
    FEBRUARY

    Whaling Wall 90: “Palau’s Blue Corner” Republic of Palau, 170 feet long x 22 feet high

    FEBRUARY

    Wyland Foundation “Underwater Village” Educational Tour

  • 2001
    OCTOBER

    1,000,000 students have taken part in a Wyland Foundation event

  • 1999
    APRIL

    Wyland Foundation Awards, Celebrates student achievement, Directors Guild, Los Angeles, California 40,000 “Whale Tail” License Plates Created by Wyland are sold raising money to help maintain the pristine quality of our coastline

  • 1998
    SEPTEMBER

    Wyland Ocean Challenge of America Tour, 50 states in 50 days, Reaching over 120,000 public and private schools and 67 million students

  • 1997

    Midwest Mural Tour, 7 murals in 7 cities in 7 weeks in and around the Great Lakes

  • 1993

    The Wyland Foundation founded by marine life artist Wyland

    East Coast Mural Tour, 17 murals in 17 cities in 17 weeks from Portland, Maine to Key West, Florida

    SEPTEMBER

    Whaling Wall 50: “Atlanta’s Right Whales” Atlanta, Georgia, 450 feet long x 50 feet high

Photo Gallery

Conservation of our ocean requires that citizen stewards combine scientific knowledge with passion and commitment to protect the world's waters and the life those waters sustain. But first must come the inspiration to act. These murals, created by the Wyland Foundation with helping hands from students around the world, give us all that inspiration to act.

-Lynn Scarlett, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior

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