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Restoring the Lotus riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Aberdeen
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Lotus riverbank needs $1,500 for saplings and equipment.
🇬🇧 Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom1,039 views
The Lotus riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This May, 75 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 68 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 $1,500 goes:
• Tools and protective gear: $550
• Signage and educational materials: $220
• Waste removal and skip hire: $730
Glad we found this place.
Updates from Keith
Wanted to say thank you properly. 15% funded and I made the first payment toward waste removal and skip hire.
Small update. $200 so far, we've booked the dates and paid the deposit.
- Maja Alicja Krawczyk 🇵🇱 · $15
- Gleb Oleg Sorokin 🇺🇦 · $18
“Get well soon. Saw your post and had to give. - Kharkiv”
- Osama Mustafa Youssef 🇪🇬 · $200
“Be well. From Giza with love. - Giza”
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thinking of you, Keith. Hope this works out for you
Best of luck, Keith. Hope this works out for you. Don't give up.
Rooting for you, Keith. It takes guts to ask. Well done!
more neighborhoods should do this. It's not much but it's yours.
any update on how things are going in Aberdeen?
hang in there, Keith. Looking forward to the next update. Thinking of Aberdeen
Thanks for sharing this, Keith. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. Don't be hard on yourself for asking
Thanks for sharing this. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. God bless.
Shared it with a few friends. Sent it to 34 people at work. Thinking of Aberdeen.
Praying for you, Keith. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. All the best
Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'll check back for the next update. Blessings!
Best of luck, Keith. Great idea, hope you get there. I'm in nursing myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. Blessings.
Sending love, Keith. This could happen to any of us. I'll check back for the next update.