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Clean air and water for Södertälje: restoring the Freedom hillside
Volunteers are restoring the Freedom hillside in Södertälje; $2,500 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇸🇪 15153, Södertälje, Stockholm, Sweden1,740 views
The Freedom hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 62 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 46 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 $2,500 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,400
• Tools and protective gear: $270
• Waste removal and skip hire: $580
• Signage and educational materials: $250
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Ulla
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Ulla.
Sure. The biggest one is native saplings and stakes, $1,400. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. It helps to be asked.
Good luck, Ulla. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. Thinking of Södertälje.
How is Ulla doing now?
Best of luck. More neighborhoods should do this. Take care.
Hang in there. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 19 years in customer support I know how hard it's to ask for anything. All the best
Hope this works out for you. I hope November is when things finally get easier. All the best
Good luck, Ulla. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Greetings from Colorado Springs.