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Plant 3,000 native trees around the Baobab riverbank in Bologna

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Baobab riverbank needs $1,200 for saplings and equipment.

🇮🇹 Emilia-Romagna, Italy1,624 views
Matteo Filippo Orlando
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Bologna
The Baobab riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 90 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 124 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. We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted. Where the $1,200 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $460 • Signage and educational materials: $185 • Waste removal and skip hire: $555 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support. - Matteo
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Matteo

  1. Update from Bologna: I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. We're at 41% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 31% funded and the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled.

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    “Blessings. Hope you get the rest soon. - Parramatta”

  • Abdullah Imad Hussein 🇪🇬 · $20

    “From my family to yours. Thought of Matteo all day after reading this. - Heliopolis”

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    “Thinking of you. Saw your post and had to give. - Bekasi”

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    “Wish I could do more. Hope the October deadline works out. - Newcastle upon Tyne”

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    “Good luck. Hope you get the rest soon. - Gqeberha”

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  • Jihan Sri HandokoQuestion

    Is there anything that isn't money that would help Matteo?

    • Matteo Filippo OrlandoOwnerAnswer

      Thank you. If you're in Bologna I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. It helps to be asked.

  • Divina D. Pineda

    Sending strength. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. All the best.

    • Daniela N. Torres

      Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Bologna!

      • Henry Usman Danjuma

        Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Bologna!

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