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Restoring the Cedar hillside: a volunteer-led project in Istanbul

Help us clean and replant the Cedar hillside before the February planting window closes.

🇹🇷 Istanbul, Istanbul, Türkiye1,105 views
Cansu Cansu Can
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The Cedar hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This November, 84 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 147 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 $700 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $380 • Tools and protective gear: $90 • Waste removal and skip hire: $210 • Signage and educational materials: $20 Thanks for reading all this.
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  • Araceli E. Pérez

    Wishing you the best, Cansu. This could happen to any of us. God bless.

    • Liam S. Li

      It takes guts to ask. Well done. I hope February is when things finally get easier. Thinking of Istanbul

      • Tameka N. Barrett

        wishing you peace. Hope you get there. Sent it to 27 people at work. All the best

        • Rina Rahayu Cahyono

          Wishing you peace, Cansu. Hope this works out for you. Love from Rome.

          • Hyun-woo Seo-jun Hwang

            Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Love from Casablanca.

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