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Clean air and water for Belfast: restoring the Harmony wetland

Volunteers are restoring the Harmony wetland in Belfast; $2,450 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇬🇧 Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom1,041 views
Joshua N. Cohen
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Belfast
The Harmony wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 72 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 193 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 $2,450 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,650 • Tools and protective gear: $330 • Waste removal and skip hire: $260 • Signage and educational materials: $210 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support. - Joshua
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Joshua

  1. Thank you all. We're at 2% now ($54). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

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  • Hoàng Hải Tong

    Great idea, hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Madurai this morning. God bless.

    • Farah Hira Butt

      Thanks for sharing this. Hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Belfast.

      • Princess B. Aquino

        stay strong, Joshua. Hope this works out for you. Blessings.

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