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Clean streams for Novosibirsk: restoring the Acacia wetland

Help us clean and replant the Acacia wetland before the August planting window closes.

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Nikolai Boris Melnyk
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Novosibirsk
The Acacia wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 109 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 57 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $850 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $460 • Tools and protective gear: $100 • Waste removal and skip hire: $250 • Signage and educational materials: $40 Thanks for reading all this. - Nikolai
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Nikolai

  1. Thank you all. We're at 80% now ($676). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($451 in total) I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  3. Small update. $272 so far, the plan for tools and protective gear is now scheduled.

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  • Dorcas Adhiambo MusyokaID verified

    Sending love, Nikolai. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Read this on the bus and kept thinking about it all day.

    • Mauricio F. Ramírez

      This could happen to any of us. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Greetings from Adelaide.

      • Christo CoetzeePhoto verified

        Thinking of you, Nikolai. Shared this with my family. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Love from Kano.

        • Zainab Sana Raza

          Sending strength. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Take care.

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