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Restoring the Union hillside: a volunteer-led project in Paris

Help us clean and replant the Union hillside before the October planting window closes.

🇫🇷 Paris, Île-de-France, France1,340 views
Martine Baron
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Paris
The Union hillside has been used as an informal dump for years. This July, 102 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 111 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 $1,250 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $740 • Signage and educational materials: $85 • Tools and protective gear: $425 Thanks for reading all this. - Martine
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Martine

  1. We're at 62% thanks to 16 of you. the first invoice got paid this week. More news soon.

  2. 41% there. I made the first payment toward native saplings and stakes. Thank you.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 18% now ($220). I'm honestly stunned. I made the first payment toward signage and educational materials.

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  • Kees Koen Meijers 🇳🇱 · $10
  • Mercy Damilola Oyelaran 🇳🇬 · $10
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  • Felipe João Azevedo 🇧🇷 · $25

    “Be well. I'm in Santos, thinking of you. - Santos”

  • Helene Krämer 🇩🇪 · $68
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  • Ikenna Paul Oladipo 🇳🇬 · $25

    “Keep your head up. I'm in Ogbomosho, thinking of you. - Ogbomosho”

  • Aisha Ngozika Ogunleye 🇳🇬 · $50

    “Only $50 but hope it helps. - Ogbomosho”

  • Cris A. Legaspi 🇵🇭 · $25
  • Jae-hyun Yoo 🇺🇸 · $20

    “Thought of Martine all day after reading this.”

  • Dennis Tumusiime Njoroge 🇰🇪 · $50

    “Wish I could do more - Mombasa”

  • Angelica C. Pineda 🇵🇭 · $10

    “God bless. My mother told me about this one. - Pasig”

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  • Sandeep K. Mittal 🇮🇳 · $200
  • Mia Sophia Groß 🇩🇪 · $10
  • Charlene S. Reddy 🇿🇦 · $10

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  • Everett H. AyalaAddress verifiedID verified

    Your post was clear and honest. Sent it to 17 people at work.

    • Hanna Sosina RegassaQuestionPhoto verified

      Is there anything that isn't money that would help Martine?

      • David Byaruhanga Lubega

        Thinking of you, Martine. It takes guts to ask. Well done.

        • Teodora Raluca Popescu

          Sending love. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I have a 15 year old who wants to send good wishes too. God bless

          • Cynthia Chambers

            thanks for sharing this, Martine. Your post was clear and honest. My late mom used to say help given quietly counts double. God bless!

            • Femi Nonso OlawaleQuestion

              How is Martine doing now?

              • Sayali L. Desai

                Thinking of you, Martine. Shared this with my family. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Paris.

                • Queen Vivian Okonkwo

                  Praying for you. Looking forward to the next update. We had a similar scare last year, I know what it feels like. Thinking of Paris.

                  • Elke Heike Schubert

                    Wishing you peace. Hope the build day goes well, wish I lived closer. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Paris.

                    • Mulu MekonnenID verified

                      hope things get better soon. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. All the best.

                      • Uyên Giang Ngo

                        Thinking of you and your family, Martine. I hope things turn around soon. I'm in social work myself and wanted you to know we're cheering for you.

                        • Víctor F. Pérez

                          Hope it all works out, Martine. Shared it with a few friends.

                          • Terry F. Acosta

                            Thanks for sharing this. More neighborhoods should do this. Thinking of Paris.

                            $962.50 raised of $1,250

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