Source: CCTV.com

07-09-2008 09:03

Hundreds of Beijing schoolchildren have joined US marine life artist Robert Wyland to paint a mural celebrating the natural environment. Wyland says he wants to inspire the Chinese people to go green in keeping with Beijing's "Green Olympics".

Hundreds of Beijing schoolchildren have joined US marine life  artist Robert Wyland to paint a mural celebrating the natural  environment. (Photo: CCTV.com)

Celebrating the completion of a weeks-long project.

This is the last of a series of 100 wall paintings in 100 countries by artist Robert Wyland. Children in each country were invited to help out, including these kids in Beijing.

Wyland has been promoting environmental protection around the globe all his life, and he has a particular interest in China.

Wyland hopes the children joining him in this monumental feat will learn about endangered wildlife species and conservation, and act as environmental ambassadors for their communities.