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Clean streets and rivers for Ciudad de México: restoring the Unity wetland

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Unity wetland needs $900 for saplings and equipment.

🇲🇽 Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico1,928 views
Manuel A. Castro
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Ciudad de México
The Unity wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 103 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 147 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $900 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $450 • Tools and protective gear: $220 • Waste removal and skip hire: $160 • Signage and educational materials: $70 I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  1. Small update. $76 so far, I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire.

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  • An Cường Pham

    Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I have a 12 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Thinking of Ciudad de México

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