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Restoring Cedar Beach: a volunteer-led project in Iztapalapa
A neighborhood-led restoration of Cedar Beach needs $500 for saplings and equipment.
🇲🇽 Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México, Mexico1,215 views
Cedar Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This November, 106 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 40 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 $500 goes:
• Signage and educational materials: $40
• Native saplings and stakes: $350
• Tools and protective gear: $110
I'll pay this kindness forward the moment I'm able to.
- Ángel
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sending good thoughts, Ángel. More neighborhoods should do this. I'll check back for the next update. Thinking of Iztapalapa.
Rooting for you, Ángel. I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry.