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Restoring Maple Beach: a volunteer-led project in Seoul
A neighborhood-led restoration of Maple Beach needs $1,800 for saplings and equipment.
🇰🇷 Seoul, Seoul, South Korea1,090 views
Maple Beach has been used as an informal dump for years. This January, 47 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 194 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.
Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage.
Where the $1,800 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $870
• Tools and protective gear: $390
• Waste removal and skip hire: $420
• Signage and educational materials: $120
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Sung-min
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“Wishing you the best. Only $50 but hope it helps. - Iloilo City”
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- Eli K. Willis 🇺🇸 · $30
“Keep your head up. Hope the May deadline works out. - Orlando”
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Sung-min.
The list at the bottom is the whole picture. native saplings and stakes is the biggest at $870. Ask me anything else.
I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. I went through something like this 11 years ago and strangers helped me out. Greetings from Buenos Aires.