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Clean air and water for Moscow: restoring the Lotus riverbank

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Lotus riverbank needs $350 for saplings and equipment.

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Sergei Gleb Alexeev
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Moscow
The Lotus riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 58 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 146 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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 $350 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $40 • Tools and protective gear: $220 • Waste removal and skip hire: $90 Even a small gift gets used right away and I'll thank you myself.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  • Kirit P. Pandya

    Thinking of you and your family, Sergei. Shared it with a few friends. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care

    • Katherine Miller

      Hang in there. Hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Take care

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