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Restoring the Union riverbank: a volunteer-led project in Amsterdam
Volunteers are restoring the Union riverbank in Amsterdam; $2,250 covers saplings, tools and waste removal.
🇳🇱 North Holland, Netherlands1,327 views
The Union riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 109 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 54 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 $2,250 goes:
• Native saplings and stakes: $950
• Tools and protective gear: $480
• Waste removal and skip hire: $730
• Signage and educational materials: $90
I'll keep this page updated with receipts as things happen.
- Yvonne
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Sending love, Yvonne. Hope this works out for you. Take care.
Rooting for you, Yvonne. Projects like this are what make a place worth living in. It's not much but it's yours
Thanks for sharing this. Hope you get there. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust. Love from Bangkok.