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Plant 3,350 native trees around the Union wetland in Cologne
Volunteers are restoring the Union wetland in Cologne; $2,400 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇩🇪 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany1,054 views
The Union wetland has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 95 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 129 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 $2,400 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,150
• Tools and protective gear: $410
• Waste removal and skip hire: $610
• Signage and educational materials: $230
Whatever you can give, even just sharing this page, means a lot.
- Petra
Updates from Petra
Small update. $690 so far, we've started the first stage.
Thank you all. We're at 6% now ($146). I'm honestly stunned. I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts.
Update from Cologne: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 17% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.
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Take care, Petra. I hope things turn around soon. God bless
Praying for you, Petra. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
Praying for you. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I went through something like this 6 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Mukono.
Sending strength. This could happen to any of us. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out.
sending love, Petra. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Blessings
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I'll check back for the next update. Love from Ballarat
Take care, Petra. Shared this with my family. Put this on a community board in Los Angeles this morning. God bless.
stay strong. Hope you get there. I'll check back for the next update. God bless!