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

Help us clean and replant the Cedar riverbank before the September planting window closes.

🇹🇷 Türkiye452 views
Volkan Yiğit Şen
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Istanbul
The Cedar riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 111 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 199 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $150 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $20 • Waste removal and skip hire: $75 • Tools and protective gear: $55 Glad we found this place. - Volkan
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  • Marijke BrouwerQuestion

    Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Volkan.

    • Volkan Yiğit ŞenOwnerAnswer

      Signage and educational materials is $20 of it. Everything else is listed in the story and nothing outside that list comes out of this page. I'll keep the page updated.

  • Adel Abdullah Mansour

    so sorry you're going through this, Volkan. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Thinking of Istanbul!

    • Luca T. Pierce

      Hope things get better soon, Volkan. Gave what I could, wish it was more. God bless.

      • Themba P. Mazibuko

        Wishing you peace, Volkan. I hope things turn around soon. We're a small family in Dar es Salaam but we're thinking of you. All the best.

        • Brenda Kendrick

          Good luck. Shared this with my family. Love from Albany.

          • Sultana Fatema Zaman

            Take care, Volkan. I hope things turn around soon. All the best.

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