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Clean air and water for Birmingham: restoring the Sycamore hillside

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Sycamore hillside needs $2,300 for saplings and equipment.

🇬🇧 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom1,688 views
Parker C. Gregory
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Birmingham
The Sycamore hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 115 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 81 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $2,300 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,250 • Tools and protective gear: $400 • Waste removal and skip hire: $480 • Signage and educational materials: $170 Ask me anything below before you decide. I'd rather you were sure.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Parker

  1. Small update. $1,391 so far, I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire.

  2. We're at 27% thanks to 25 of you. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. More news soon.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 12% now ($282). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.

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  • Théo DumontID verified

    Sending love, Parker. Your post was clear and honest. Love from Dayton.

    • Rajan S. Sheth

      this could happen to any of us. I hope January is when things finally get easier. All the best.

      • Zahid Sajib SheikhPhoto verified

        reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Bakersfield.

        • Mahin Asif Siddique

          hope it all works out. Great idea, hope you get there. We're a small family in Dwarka but we're thinking of you. Thinking of Birmingham.

          • Bhavna W. Gala

            great idea, hope you get there. Sent it to 39 people at work. Greetings from Ahmedabad.

            • Avery M. Smith

              Good luck, Parker. More neighborhoods should do this. All the best.

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