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Restoring Acacia Creek: a volunteer-led project in Nottingham

A neighborhood-led restoration of Acacia Creek needs $2,200 for saplings and equipment.

🇬🇧 Nottingham, England, United Kingdom3,334 views
Rashmi B. Awasthi
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Nottingham
Acacia Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 46 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 103 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 $2,200 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,200 • Tools and protective gear: $450 • Waste removal and skip hire: $400 • Signage and educational materials: $150 I never thought I'd be the one asking, and I'm grateful for every bit of support.
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Rashmi

  1. Quick update: $753 raised so far (34%). I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Wanted to say thank you properly. 26% funded and the first invoice got paid this week. - Rashmi

  3. We're at 15% thanks to 12 of you. the plan for signage and educational materials is now scheduled. More news soon.

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  • Anil T. Goyal

    Hope things get better soon, Rashmi. This could happen to any of us. God bless

    • Bin Kai Deng

      Hang in there. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. Wish I lived closer to Birmingham so I could bring a meal. Take care.

      • Jocelyn C. Graham

        Sending good thoughts, Rashmi. Hope you get there.

        • Bello Ebuka Oladipo

          take care, Rashmi. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Nottingham

          • Nyambura Dorcas Juma

            Rooting for you, Rashmi. Your post was clear and honest. I went through something like this 4 years ago and strangers helped me out. God bless.

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