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Plant 1,700 native trees around the Pioneer riverbank in Zapopan

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Pioneer riverbank needs $900 for saplings and equipment.

🇲🇽 Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico2,078 views
Álvaro C. Orozco
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Zapopan
The Pioneer riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 32 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 155 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $900 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $470 • Tools and protective gear: $175 • Waste removal and skip hire: $250 • Signage and educational materials: $5 Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.

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  • Sundar K. NamboothiriID verifiedPhoto verified

    So sorry you're going through this, Álvaro. This could happen to any of us. Love from Mumbai.

    • So sorry you're going through this. More neighborhoods should do this. After 17 years in logistics I know how hard it's to ask for anything. God bless

      • Sending strength, Álvaro. Your post was clear and honest. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Thinking of Zapopan.

        • Hang in there, Álvaro. Hope this works out for you

          • Sophia E. RileyID verified

            hang in there. Your post was clear and honest. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Thinking of Zapopan

            • Anna Danuta PawlakPhoto verified

              so sorry you're going through this, Álvaro. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

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