The Greening Congregations Summer Youth Corps Program recently completed Day 1 and Day 2 of technical training on stormwater management practices. In these sessions, 23 Milwaukee young people learned about rain gardens and rain barrels as key strategies for managing stormwater. Then, following the training, they installed each of these systems on the property where [...]
Mabel Lamb, Executive Director of the Sherman Park Community Association, Inc., and Ifeoluwapo “Ife” Tolorunju, the organization's Sustainability Specialist, will receive 2026 African American Environmental Pioneer Awards on Monday, February 16. They will be honored for their service to the Milwaukee community, the planet and environmental sustainability. Mabel is one of six recipients in the [...]
The recent rain barrel installation at Sherman Park Grocery Store brought media coverage to SPCA's Greening Congregations Initiative. Over the past year, the initiative has been engaging houses of worship, small businesses and multi-family properties in the area to pursue decarbonization and green stormwater management infrastructure. The installation event, which coincided with the grocery store's [...]
Over the past year, the Greening Congregations Initiative has been engaging houses of worship, small businesses and multi-family properties in the Sherman Park, Harambee and Lindsay Heights neighborhoods. The goal is to pursue decarbonization and green stormwater management infrastructure (GSI). After a year of outstanding outreach, webinars and workshops, this past week the team launched [...]
