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Plant 4,150 native trees around the Acacia canal in London

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Acacia canal needs $2,350 for saplings and equipment.

🇬🇧 London, England, United Kingdom2,331 views
Amelia A. Morris
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London
The Acacia canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 93 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 54 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the district council, 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 $2,350 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,150 • Tools and protective gear: $200 • Waste removal and skip hire: $710 • Signage and educational materials: $290 Every share and every dollar helps.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Amelia

  1. 45% there. I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials. Thank you.

  2. Quick update: $624 raised so far (27%). the first invoice got paid this week. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

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    “Wishing you the best. Thought of Amelia all day after reading this. - Dhaka”

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  • Gustavo W. Díaz

    Sending love, Amelia. More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like

    • Amparo A. Sánchez

      Thinking of you and your family, Amelia. Looking forward to the next update. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. All the best

      • Clément Charpentier

        You're not alone. This could happen to any of us. Greetings from Sacramento.

        • Salma Popy Talukder

          Take care, Amelia. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. I have a 6 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Love from Lagos.

          • Pieter Lars Bakker

            Hang in there, Amelia. Hope you get there

            • Sipho Mabaso

              Hope things get better soon. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Put this on a community board in Bornova this morning. Take care.

              • Logan N. Ortega

                Praying for you, Amelia. I hope things turn around soon. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of London.

                $1,731.50 raised of $2,350

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