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Restoring the Lotus canal: a volunteer-led project in Wellington

Volunteers are restoring the Lotus canal in Wellington; $1,200 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.

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Walter P. Gordon
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Wellington
The Lotus canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This February, 87 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 116 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the city parks department, 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 $1,200 goes: • Signage and educational materials: $80 • Waste removal and skip hire: $670 • Tools and protective gear: $450 Please ask me anything in the questions section. I'll answer honestly and quickly. - Walter
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

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  • Rowan L. Young

    Best of luck. Hope this works out for you. Love from Dhaka.

    • Tyler Mack

      So sorry you're going through this, Walter. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Love from Worcester.

      • Imam Lukman Surya

        Thinking of you and your family, Walter. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

        • Nour Hala Zaki

          more neighborhoods should do this. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Thinking of Wellington.

          • Mason B. Cox

            wishing you peace. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Greetings from Dundee.

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