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Plant 1,600 native trees around the Acacia riverbank in Houston
Help us clean and replant the Acacia riverbank before the November planting window closes.
🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States1,467 views
The Acacia riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 87 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 185 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 $1,950 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,350
• Tools and protective gear: $220
• Waste removal and skip hire: $240
• Signage and educational materials: $140
I hope life is good to you.
Updates from Roberto
We're at 1% thanks to 2 of you. the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled. More news soon.
We're at 1% thanks to 1 of you. I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear. More news soon.
- Eren Bulut 🇩🇪 · $10
- Daniela W. Urbina 🇺🇸 · $3
“Hope it all works out. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Baton Rouge”
- Anna Nadine Schulte 🇩🇪 · $20
“Every little bit. Thought of Roberto all day after reading this. - Cologne”
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Hope it all works out, Roberto. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Houston.
Sending love. Great idea, hope you get there. Love from Thane!