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Restoring the Lotus riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Uppsala
Help us clean and replant the Lotus riverbank before the June planting window closes.
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The Lotus riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 77 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 98 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 $2,050 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $830
• Tools and protective gear: $660
• Waste removal and skip hire: $480
• Signage and educational materials: $80
With deep gratitude,
Elin
Updates from Elin
Thank you all. We're at 10% now ($199). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward tools and protective gear.
- Jaxon E. Franklin 🇬🇧 · $200
- Teresa Coleman 🇺🇸 · $200
- Kendall A. Payne 🇺🇸 · $73.50
- Igor Mykola Petrov 🇷🇺 · $50
“Be well. My colleague told me about this one. - Moscow”
- Josephine Joyner 🇺🇸 · $45.50
- Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $35
“Hope this helps. Thought of Elin all day after reading this. - Niterói”
- Busisiwe S. Davids 🇿🇦 · $34
- Mateus Murilo Ribeiro 🇧🇷 · $30
- Oleg Mikhail Dmitriev 🇷🇺 · $25
- Ricardo Melo 🇧🇷 · $25
- Cooper K. Watts 🇨🇦 · $25
- Anonymous 🇺🇸 · $20
- Henrique Lima 🇧🇷 · $20
- Aisha Khadija Trabelsi 🇪🇬 · $15
- Rashed Rahim Ali 🇧🇩 · $10
- Giuseppe Pagano 🇮🇹 · $10
“You got this. Hope the June deadline works out. - Bologna”
- Cesar F. Manalo 🇵🇭 · $10
- Nongnuch Chantarasri 🇹🇭 · $10
- Ayaan N. Sood 🇬🇧 · $10
- Onyango Kiptoo Hamisi 🇰🇪 · $10
“Wishing you the best. Thought of Elin all day after reading this. - Nairobi”
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Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Elin
Sure. The biggest one is native saplings and stakes, $830. The rest is in the list at the bottom of the post and I'll upload receipts as I pay each one. Thanks for looking so closely.
Wishing you peace, Elin. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Blessings.
Great idea, hope you get there. Put this on a community board in Curitiba this morning. Greetings from Curitiba
Hope things get better soon. It takes guts to ask. Well done. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Greetings from Thane.
Thanks for sharing this, Elin. It takes guts to ask. Well done.
a colleague of mine might know someone for this in Uppsala. I'll ask around and let you know.