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Clean water and shade for Novosibirsk: restoring the Lotus hillside

Help us clean and replant the Lotus hillside before the February planting window closes.

🇷🇺 Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia1,590 views
Alina Veronika Sorokin
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Novosibirsk
The Lotus hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This October, 61 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 118 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $450 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $80 • Waste removal and skip hire: $200 • Tools and protective gear: $170 Thanks for being kind about this.

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  • Good luck, Alina. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Love from Istanbul.

    • Great idea, hope you get there. I hope February is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Novosibirsk.

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