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Restoring Acacia Beach: a volunteer-led project in Rennes
A neighborhood-led restoration of Acacia Beach needs $1,700 for saplings and equipment.
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Acacia Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 104 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 162 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good.
We have a plan agreed with the local forestry office, 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 $1,700 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $1,050
• Tools and protective gear: $155
• Waste removal and skip hire: $320
• Signage and educational materials: $175
Thanks for being kind about this.
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Hope things get better soon. Looking forward to the next update. Put this on a community board in Bengaluru this morning. Take care.
Can I help in a way that isn't money? I'm near Rennes
Thank you. If you're in Rennes I'll say if something practical comes up. For now sharing this is great. It helps to be asked.
sending good thoughts. More neighborhoods should do this. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like.
Sending love. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I went through something like this 14 years ago and strangers helped me out. Thinking of Rennes