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Clean water and shade for Austin: restoring the Jacaranda wetland
Volunteers are restoring the Jacaranda wetland in Austin; $1,500 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
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The Jacaranda wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 119 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 56 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,500 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $670
• Waste removal and skip hire: $300
• Native saplings and stakes: $530
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
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Praying for you. Hope this works out for you. Love from Dharan.
praying for you. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Austin
Wishing you peace. Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 5 years ago and strangers helped me out.
This could happen to any of us. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Greetings from Cape Town!
Rooting for you, Howard. Shared this with my family. My neighbor in Osaka donated after I showed her your page
thanks for sharing this, Howard. Great idea, hope you get there.