MMSD Green Luminary® Award | Milwaukee Montessori School

Removing over an acre of impervious asphalt and replacing it with a combination of porous pavers, rain gardens, native landscaping, and stormwater trees has dramatically transformed the parking lot at Milwaukee Montessori School. Together, these green infrastructure types can manage up to nearly 160,000 gallons of stormwater each time it rains.

Milwaukee Montessori School, the second oldest Montessori school in the nation, has a mission of educating youngsters to become an informed, committed, and difference-making generation.  The onsite green infrastructure ties into the mission nicely by helping students understand the beneficial role the renovated parking lot plays in helping to improve the environment.

What is a Green Luminary^® Award?

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District gives Green Luminary^® awards to businesses, organizations, and communities that implement exceptional green infrastructure design projects that benefit our lakes and rivers, as well as our communities.

Home HazMat Drop-Off

NEW items and FREE drop-off for your household hazardous waste at one of our permanent or mobile collection locations. Help keep our land and water clean and safe!

Adopt-A-River

Looking for something to do as a team? Something that will bring you closer together, make a huge difference in your community, and only needs to be done twice per year? Consider adopting a section of the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic Rivers. 

Install a Rain Barrel

Get FREE water by the barrel from your roof and use it when it’s dry outside to use in your landscape.  Rain barrels help keep excess water out of the sewer system and help reduce water pollution.