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Restoring the Union canal: a volunteer-led project in Cologne
A neighborhood-led restoration of the Union canal needs $750 for saplings and equipment.
🇩🇪 Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany1,037 views
The Union canal has been used as an informal dump for years. This April, 43 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 97 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.
We'll post planting day photos and a count of every sapling planted.
Where the $750 goes:
• Waste removal and skip hire: $260
• Tools and protective gear: $390
• Signage and educational materials: $100
Every share and every dollar helps.
- Finn
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Take care. I hope things turn around soon. This is the second need I've supported on here and the first that made me cry. Blessings.
Thinking of you, Finn. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes!
Looking forward to the next update. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Love from Cape Town.
Thanks for sharing this. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. I'm in hospitality myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you. All the best
Take care. Hope this works out for you. We're a small family in Malang but we're thinking of you
hope you get there. Wish I lived closer to Ciudad de México so I could bring a meal. All the best.
hope it all works out. Your post was clear and honest. Don't be hard on yourself for asking. Blessings