The WALL program challenges middle and high school aged children to incorporate environmental awareness into daily living. The program embodies career experience, mentoring, leadership skills, the boat building project, and the Potomac River Program.
Participants explore the effect of land use and legislation on air and water quality.
Program met with Vice- President Al Gore after his speech at the National Urban League Conference. Twenty-five youth, ranging in age from 15 to 17, come from nine high schools in the District of Columbia, Prince George's, and Montgomery counties. They took this opportunity to discuss environmental justice issues, water quality, and conditions facing the resident of urban centers. Hyder Houston, Project Director stated that the Urban Environmental WALL is now in its third year.