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Plant 3,600 native trees around Liberty Creek in Dortmund

A neighborhood-led restoration of Liberty Creek needs $2,250 for saplings and equipment.

🇩🇪 North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany3,596 views
Günter Noah Bauer
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Dortmund
Liberty Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This September, 84 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 83 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 $2,250 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,000 • Tools and protective gear: $420 • Waste removal and skip hire: $660 • Signage and educational materials: $170 I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.

Updates from Günter

  1. Update from Dortmund: I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. We're at 20% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Update from Dortmund: I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. We're at 36% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  3. Good news. Because of your gifts ($961 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Thanks for sharing this, Günter. Looking forward to the next update. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. All the best.

    • Sending strength, Günter. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in.

      • Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I have a 13 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Love from Savar.

        • Thinking of you. I hope things turn around soon. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. Love from Nakhon Ratchasima.

          • sending strength. Great idea, hope you get there

            • Wishing you peace, Günter. Shared it with a few friends

              • Mangesh F. ChavanAddress verified

                sending love, Günter. This could happen to any of us.

                • Best of luck, Günter. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Greetings from Hyderabad.

                  • sending strength, Günter. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Blessings

                    • hope it all works out, Günter. Hope this works out for you. Wish I lived closer to Indore so I could bring a meal. Thinking of Dortmund

                      • So sorry you're going through this, Günter. Shared it with a few friends. Please keep us posted. Greetings from Rome.

                        • I hope things turn around soon. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Dortmund.

                          • So sorry you're going through this, Günter. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My father had a similar thing happen so this one hit home. Blessings.

                            • Hope this works out for you. Greetings from Kano

                              • Sending love, Günter. More neighborhoods should do this. Thinking of Dortmund.

                                • Wishing you peace, Günter. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. It's not much but it's yours. All the best.

                                  • Sending love. Hope this works out for you. I went through something like this 2 years ago and strangers helped me out.

                                    • Stay strong. This could happen to any of us. I went through something like this 12 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Brandon.

                                      • thinking of you, Günter. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Dortmund

                                        • Wishing you peace, Günter. Hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. God bless.

                                          • Keep going. Gave what I could, wish it was more. We're a small family in Durgapur but we're thinking of you. Love from Durgapur.

                                            • Praying for you. Shared it with a few friends. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. All the best

                                              • keep going, Günter. 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. Take care.

                                                • hope it all works out, Günter. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Thinking of Dortmund.

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