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Plant 3,750 native trees around Lotus Beach in Iztapalapa
A neighborhood-led restoration of Lotus Beach needs $550 for saplings and equipment.
🇲🇽 Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México, Mexico588 views
Lotus Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 50 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 177 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 $550 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $300
• Tools and protective gear: $75
• Waste removal and skip hire: $145
• Signage and educational materials: $30
Thank you so much.
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Sending strength, Ricardo. It takes guts to ask. Well done. I hope November is when things finally get easier.
Shared this with my family. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Iloilo City.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Iztapalapa.
Wishing you peace, Ricardo. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Please keep us posted.
Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.