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Clean streets and rivers for Iztapalapa: restoring the Baobab wetland

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Baobab wetland needs $850 for saplings and equipment.

🇲🇽 Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México, Mexico1,896 views
Mariana J. Rojas
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Iztapalapa
The Baobab wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 58 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 53 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 $850 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $260 • Signage and educational materials: $40 • Native saplings and stakes: $550 Thank you for reading my story.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Mariana

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($316 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Update from Iztapalapa: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 31% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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