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Plant 2,800 native trees around the Cedar wetland in Santos

Volunteers are restoring the Cedar wetland in Santos; $650 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Wagner Diego Batista
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Santos
The Cedar wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This December, 32 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 177 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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 $650 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $75 • Native saplings and stakes: $460 • Tools and protective gear: $115 Thank you so much. - Wagner
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Wagner

  1. Small update. $210 so far, I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 28% now ($185). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 10% now ($64). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled.

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  • Charlotte Anna Braun

    So sorry you're going through this. I hope things turn around soon. Thinking of Santos

    • Gerald J. Le

      Hang in there, Wagner. Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Santos.

      • Wekesa Athumani Mwesigwa

        praying for you. Hope this works out for you. Please keep us posted.

        • Juan W. García

          Great idea, hope you get there. Thinking of Santos

          • Svetlana Lyudmila Polishchuk

            Wishing you the best, Wagner. It takes guts to ask. Well done. We're a small family in Eugene but we're thinking of you. All the best

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