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Clean air and water for Durban: restoring the Cedar wetland
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Cedar wetland needs $650 for saplings and equipment.
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The Cedar wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 75 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 174 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $650 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $340
• Tools and protective gear: $100
• Waste removal and skip hire: $135
• Signage and educational materials: $75
Thanks for reading all this.
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is there anything that isn't money that would help Gugu?
Thank you. If you're in Durban I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. I'll keep the page updated.
Thinking of you and your family. More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Gdańsk.
hope things get better soon, Gugu. Great idea, hope you get there. My neighbor in London donated after I showed her your page. God bless
Sending love. Hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Naples
More neighborhoods should do this. Greetings from San Francisco.
Thinking of you, Gugu. I hope things turn around soon. God bless.