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Clean air and water for Manchester: restoring the Sycamore canal

Help us clean and replant the Sycamore canal before the August planting window closes.

🇬🇧 Manchester, England, United Kingdom889 views
Dennis Miller
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The Sycamore canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 120 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 184 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $1,850 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $570 • Tools and protective gear: $560 • Waste removal and skip hire: $530 • Signage and educational materials: $190 Thanks for being kind about this. - Dennis

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  • Thinking of you and your family. More neighborhoods should do this. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.

    • Asif Joy HossainPhoto verified

      Rooting for you, Dennis. Great idea, hope you get there. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Greetings from Antalya

      • Hope things get better soon, Dennis. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from Kolkata

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