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Restoring Unity Creek: a volunteer-led project in Paris

Help us clean and replant Unity Creek before the June planting window closes.

🇫🇷 Paris, Île-de-France, France1,923 views
Benoît Étienne Collet
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Paris
Unity Creek has been used as an informal dump for years. This March, 63 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 146 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 $1,350 goes: • Waste removal and skip hire: $630 • Signage and educational materials: $200 • Tools and protective gear: $520 Thank you for reading my story.

Updates from Benoît

  1. Good news. Because of your gifts ($183 in total) we've booked the dates and paid the deposit. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

  2. Update from Paris: I met with the nursery and confirmed the amounts. We're at 6% of the goal. Thank you for believing in us.

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    “Hope it all works out. Thought of Benoît all day after reading this. - Johannesburg”

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    “Hope it all works out. Thought of Benoît all day after reading this. - Dhaka”

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  • Sending strength. Great idea, hope you get there. Don't lose heart. A few weeks ago I was in a hole too and it changed faster than I expected. All the best

    • Thanks for sharing this, Benoît. Great idea, hope you get there. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend. All the best.

      • Is there anything that isn't money that would help Benoît?

        • Wishing you peace. Hope you get there. We're a small family in Dhaka but we're thinking of you. Blessings.

          • Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Benoît

            • I hope things turn around soon. My neighbor in Antalya donated after I showed her your page. Love from Antalya.

              • Keep going, Benoît. Shared it with a few friends. Blessings.

                • hope it all works out, Benoît. More neighborhoods should do this. I have a 16 year old who wants to send good wishes too. Take care

                  • Rooting for you. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes. I told my book club about it and three of them are giving too. Blessings

                    • Thanks for sharing this. Great idea, hope you get there. All the best.

                      • Hope you get there. Sent it to 3 people at work. Take care.

                        • Hang in there. Shared it with a few friends. We're a small family in Pietermaritzburg but we're thinking of you. Love from Pietermaritzburg.

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