Other Programs from the Wyland Foundation
In addition to our core programs, the Wyland Foundation engages in numerous collaborative efforts with government agencies, zoos, aquariums, and best-practices partners who share our commitment to bringing people together for clean water and healthy oceans. Got a suggestion for a future collaboration? Let us know!
Water’s Extreme Journey Maze: An Amazing Way to Get Lost In Learning
The 1,000-square-foot, Wyland-themed maze transforms each visitor into a drop of water entering a watershed. Visitors travel through different watershed habitats including lakes, streams, rivers, wetlands, estuaries, bays, and ocean. Along the way they must navigate non-point source pollutants originating from agriculture, development, litter, and our homes. All ages learn how to make cleaner choices and will reach the reward of a healthy ocean. To complete the fully-interactive experience, visitors also have the opportunity to participate in five additional activities including: hands-on water quality testing, a watershed demonstration, art-in-action letter writing, artistic mosaic collaboration, and clean water commitment pledges.
Bring this innovative exhibit to your museum, festival or event
Visit www.minotaurmazes.com for additional information about the Water’s Extreme Journey Maze.
Whale and Dolphin Adventure: Art Lessons in the Wild
For several years, the Wyland Foundation has partnered with Dana Wharf Whale Watching on a unique sea-based art activity for children. The Wyland Whale and Dolphin Adventure, every January through April, includes an opportunity for parents to take their kids at no coast on a guided journey off the coast of Dana Point, one of southern California’s best destinations to see rare and endangered marine life. Sights range from sunfish to gray whales to great white sharks, more than 50 species of marine birds, including brown pelicans, cormorants, and herons, aas well as California sea lions, elephant seals, and harbor seals. On board, children receive art supplies and take part in a video art lesson from Wyland. Prizes, including a grand prize Wyland artwork, are awarded to the young artists whose work best represents the beauty of the marine life off shore. Artwork judging considers age appropriateness. Reservations for these trips can be made at www.danawharf.com
Wyland World Water Pledge
The Wyland World Water Pledge actions support progress near and far from your home. Not only can someone in California take action that helps water availability in South America, a person in China can help improve water quality in California. There are no geographical boundaries to the benefits of these actions. The six pledges are common sense actions that go beyond using less water, they also include reducing energy use and food waste.
Here are local actions you can take and how the actions have local and global benefits to water availability and quality, climate and ecosystems. We ask you to check the boxes on the actions that you pledge to make. We’ll count them up to show the power of collaboration and track progress. When it comes to water: We treasure it – so we’re going to measure it! Each pledge has a benefit for you and it also saves or improves water, climate and ecosystems for someone else.
www.wylandworldwaterpledge.com
Previous Campaigns
Wyland Foundation programs have included clean water education outreach tours in every state in the U.S. Other standout programs have included Stella’s Migration in partnership with Florida Blue, Forests, Oceans, Climate – And Us (FOCUS) in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, the Wyland Living Green Festival, Comics for Conservation, Waste to Wow. These programs have inspired millions of people from Alaska to Puerto Rico about the smart management of our marine ecosystems and the protection of our water.
