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Clean air and water for London: restoring Acacia Beach

A neighborhood-led restoration of Acacia Beach needs $1,550 for saplings and equipment.

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Mason B. Rios
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London
Acacia Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 63 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 155 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 $1,550 goes: โ€ข Native saplings and stakes: $630 โ€ข Signage and educational materials: $195 โ€ข Waste removal and skip hire: $725 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.

Updates from Mason

  1. Thank you all. We're at 60% now ($932). I'm honestly stunned. we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 17% now ($258). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

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  • Hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Saint Petersburg so I could bring a meal

    • Wishing you the best, Mason. I hope things turn around soon. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Greetings from Hyderabad.

      • Jenny D. AlcantaraPhoto verified

        sending good thoughts, Mason. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. It's not much but it's yours!

        • Sending strength, Mason. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Don't give up. Take care.

          • Take care, Mason. It takes guts to ask. Well done. It's not much but it's yours. Take care.

            • Thinking of you and your family, Mason. Shared this with my family. Sent it to 33 people at work. Greetings from Shubra

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