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Plant 3,600 native trees around the Acacia hillside in Christchurch

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Acacia hillside needs $1,450 for saplings and equipment.

🇳🇿 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand663 views
Rylee D. Patel
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Christchurch
The Acacia hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 113 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 178 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $1,450 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $660 • Tools and protective gear: $320 • Waste removal and skip hire: $220 • Signage and educational materials: $250 Thanks for being kind about this.
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Updates from Rylee

  1. Update from Christchurch: the plan for waste removal and skip hire is now scheduled. We're at 53% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

  2. Update from Christchurch: we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. We're at 32% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us. - Rylee

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  • Gennaro Tommaso Bellini

    Praying for you. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. Greetings from Quezon City.

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