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Restoring Lotus Creek: a volunteer-led project in Moscow

A neighborhood-led restoration of Lotus Creek needs $500 for saplings and equipment.

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Veronika Kateryna Smirnov
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Moscow
Lotus Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 59 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 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 $500 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $230 • Signage and educational materials: $75 • Tools and protective gear: $195 Glad we found this place. - Veronika
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  • Dinesh R. Chaudhary

    Sending strength. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Thinking of Moscow

    • Paisley H. Hicks

      Wishing you the best, Veronika. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. After 24 years in teaching I know how hard it's to ask for anything. Thinking of Moscow

      • Emery J. ColeID verified

        Thanks for sharing this, Veronika. Gave what I could, wish it was more. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.

        • Irmak Duygu Özer

          Hope it all works out. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Thinking of Moscow

          • Rohit M. Jain

            Take care, Veronika. This could happen to any of us. Wish I lived closer to Malang so I could bring a meal. Blessings.

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