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Restoring the Sycamore canal: a volunteer-led project in Athens

A neighborhood-led restoration of the Sycamore canal needs $900 for saplings and equipment.

🇬🇷 Athens, Attica, Greece2,320 views
Maria Efthymia Makris
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Athens
The Sycamore canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This August, 103 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 140 bags in a single morning. Now we want to restore it for good. We have a plan agreed with the municipal water board, 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 $900 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $420 • Tools and protective gear: $150 • Waste removal and skip hire: $280 • Signage and educational materials: $50 Thanks for being kind about this. - Maria
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Maria

  1. Quick update: $205 raised so far (23%). I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Small update. $356 so far, we've started the first stage.

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    “Hope this helps. Thought of Maria all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”

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    “Stay strong. My brother told me about this one. - Atlanta”

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    “Hope things get better. Thought of Maria all day after reading this. - Los Angeles”

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  • Eduardo H. Ibáñez

    wishing you the best, Maria. Your post was clear and honest. Greetings from São Paulo

    • Maja Oliwia Maciejewski

      Rooting for you. Great idea, hope you get there. Take care

      • Grace S. Long

        Keep going, Maria. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Take care.

        • Arslan Ahmed Zardari

          Thinking of you, Maria. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. Put this on a community board in Nottingham this morning. Thinking of Athens.

          • Marama K. Matagi

            Good luck. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. Love from Kediri.

            • Cathal T. O'Donnell

              Hang in there. Hope this works out for you. Don't be hard on yourself for asking.

              • Naoko Yuna Ishii

                Take care. Hope this works out for you. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. Thinking of Athens

                • Delilah L. Thompson

                  your post was clear and honest. I went through something like this 13 years ago and strangers helped me out. Love from Epe

                  $720 raised of $900

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