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Clean air and water for Alcalá de Henares: restoring Lotus Creek

Help us clean and replant Lotus Creek before the December planting window closes.

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Susana C. Ruiz
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Alcalá de Henares
Lotus Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 50 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 134 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the district council, including native species selected by a local botanist. The area floods more each year, and fish have returned for the first time in a decade after our first cleanup. Restoring it will protect homes and bring back shade. All the labor is volunteered. We just need materials. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $1,400 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $620 • Signage and educational materials: $150 • Waste removal and skip hire: $630 Glad we found this place.

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  • Hope things get better soon. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Pune.

    • Stay strong, Susana. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Love from Austin.

      • Nkechi Nneka FasholaAddress verified

        Sending good thoughts. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. We're a small family in Medan but we're thinking of you. God bless.

        • Hope things get better soon, Susana. Shared it with a few friends. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Thinking of Alcalá de Henares.

          • So sorry you're going through this, Susana. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.

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