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Clean water and shade for London: restoring the Union hillside
Volunteers are restoring the Union hillside in London; $1,800 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇬🇧 England, United Kingdom2,534 views
The Union hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 42 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 141 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $1,800 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $230
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,200
• Tools and protective gear: $370
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good luck, Ximena. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We lost years of savings to something like this so I get it
Good luck, Ximena. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Take care.
Sending strength, Ximena. Shared it with a few friends. Take care
praying for you. Great idea, hope you get there. My husband and I read this together.
Great idea, hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of London
Keep going, Ximena. Looking forward to the next update. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money.
Thanks for sharing this. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of London.
best of luck, Ximena. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected.