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Clean air and water for San Francisco: restoring the Lotus canal
Help us clean and replant the Lotus canal before the July planting window closes.
🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States2,375 views
The Lotus canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 76 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 127 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 $3,500 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,600
• Tools and protective gear: $740
• Waste removal and skip hire: $970
• Signage and educational materials: $190
I hope life is good to you.
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Thanks for sharing this, Sebastian. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Sapporo
Thinking of you, Sebastian. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Perth
You're not alone, Sebastian. I hope things turn around soon. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it. Thinking of San Francisco
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Greetings from Guadalajara.