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Plant 1,650 native trees around the Freedom canal in Gangnam

Volunteers are restoring the Freedom canal in Gangnam; $1,650 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

🇰🇷 Gangnam, Seoul, South Korea674 views
Byung-hun Ha-joon Ko
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Gangnam
The Freedom canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 106 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 169 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $1,650 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,000 • Tools and protective gear: $175 • Waste removal and skip hire: $300 • Signage and educational materials: $175 Glad we found this place.

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  • Good luck. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Londrina.

    • Sending good thoughts, Byung-hun. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too

      • Praying for you, Byung-hun. Shared it with a few friends. All the best!

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