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Plant 2,950 native trees around the Freedom hillside in Augsburg

Help us clean and replant the Freedom hillside before the September planting window closes.

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Uwe Leon Schneider
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Augsburg
The Freedom hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 73 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 149 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $1,850 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $620 • Signage and educational materials: $90 • Native saplings and stakes: $1,140 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Uwe

Updates from Uwe

  1. Thank you all. We're at 64% now ($1,191). I'm honestly stunned. the first invoice got paid this week.

  2. Small update. $538 so far, I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes.

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  • Keep going. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I hope September is when things finally get easier. Love from London.

    • Thanks for sharing this. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Put this on a community board in Busan this morning. Love from Busan.

      • Hope things get better soon, Uwe. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. We're a small family in Quezon City but we're thinking of you.

        • is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Uwe

          • Uwe Leon SchneiderOwnerAnswerID verified

            The list at the bottom is the whole picture. waste removal and skip hire is the biggest at $620. Happy to explain more.

        • Thanks for sharing this, Uwe. Looking forward to the next update. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Greetings from Newcastle upon Tyne.

          • Thanks for sharing this. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Thinking of Augsburg.

            • Rooting for you. Gave what I could, wish it was more. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too.

              • Thinking of you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My neighbor in Soweto donated after I showed her your page. God bless.

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