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Clean air and water for Üsküdar: restoring the Jacaranda wetland
Volunteers are restoring the Jacaranda wetland in Üsküdar; $550 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇹🇷 Istanbul, Türkiye1,598 views
The Jacaranda wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 100 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 59 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $550 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $155
• Tools and protective gear: $165
• Waste removal and skip hire: $170
• Signage and educational materials: $60
Thanks for reading all this.
- Özlem
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Thanks for sharing this, Özlem. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Thinking of Üsküdar.