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Jessica Wall, Program Assistant, Water Program, Santa Monica
After growing up in the Greater Los Angeles area, I moved down to San Diego for school and in hope of finally learning how to surf. Now that I am working around my passion for water law at NRDC, I can worry about pursuing my other life objectives: competing in the Kona Ironman, opening a vegan bakery, and (most importantly) becoming an environmental lawyer after law school at University of Michigan.
Recent Posts
Posted May 13, 2011 by Jessica Wall in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- biking, completestreets, expo, greeninfrastructure, lid, lightrail, smartercities, transit, water
Once fully constructed, the Expo Light Rail Transit line will offer a crucial alternative to freeway gridlock and service an estimated 64,000 daily riders by 2030, allowing residents to travel from Santa Monica to Downtown in approximately 46 minutes. Already...continued→
Posted April 12, 2011 by Jessica Wall in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil
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- alternativetransit, CicLAvia, cycling, smartercities, sustainablecommunities
On Sunday, April 10th, Los Angeles celebrated its second CicLAvia, transforming 7.5 miles of city streets from the East Hollywood Bike District to East L.A.’s Hollenbeck Park into an alternative transit paradise from 10am to 3pm. Photo: Damon Nagami Based...continued→
Posted October 15, 2010 by Jessica Wall in Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment
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- gender, humanrights, water, waterquality, watersupply
Thousands of bloggers have joined together today to celebrate Blog Action Day, an effort to unite online writers to raise awareness and instigate discussion on global water issues. In my post, I want to focus on how lack of access...continued→
Posted May 17, 2010 by Jessica Wall in Living Sustainably
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- biketoworkweek, biking, publichealth, stormwater
May 17th marks the beginning of Bike to Work Week, when people from all over the country are encouraged to step out of their cars and onto a bike. And as Secretary of Transportation, Ray LaHood, declared in March, we...continued→
Posted May 3, 2010 by Jessica Wall in The Media and the Environment
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- drought, freshwater, greeninfrastructure, groundwater, losangeles, photography, waterefficiency
On Wednesday, March 23rd, I had the pleasure of attending the “Water: Our Thirsty World” exhibit at the Annenberg Space for Photography with several of my coworkers. The event, organized in partnership with National Geographic Magazine, highlights their April issue...continued→
