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The Jacaranda riverbank cleanup and restoration: help our volunteer crew

Help us clean and replant the Jacaranda riverbank before the September planting window closes.

🇬🇧 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom1,641 views
Emery Andrews
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Edinburgh
The Jacaranda riverbank has been used as an informal dump for years. This June, 52 neighbors turned up for a first cleanup, filling 116 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. Funds buy saplings, gloves, bags, hire of a skip, and signage. Where the $1,500 goes: • Native saplings and stakes: $1,050 • Waste removal and skip hire: $370 • Signage and educational materials: $80 Glad we found this place. - Emery
#environment#tree-planting#cleanup

Updates from Emery

  1. Thank you all. We're at 56% now ($839). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for native saplings and stakes is now scheduled.

  2. Good news. Because of your gifts ($163 in total) the first invoice got paid this week. Still a way to go but it feels less lonely.

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  • Wafa Zainab CherifQuestion

    how is Emery doing now?

    • Zlata Polina Orlov

      shared it with a few friends. My husband and I read this together. Greetings from Arlington.

      • Natalie S. RodriguezQuestionPhoto verified

        Is there a list of costs somewhere? Just curious how it adds up for Emery!

        • Emery AndrewsOwnerAnswer

          The list at the bottom is the whole picture. native saplings and stakes is the biggest at $1,050. I'll keep the page updated.

      • Sayali L. Kulkarni

        Hope things get better soon. I've been in a tough spot myself and it does get easier. My neighbor in Hanoi donated after I showed her your page. Greetings from Hanoi.

        • Elias T. Patterson

          Thinking of you and your family, Emery. Great idea, hope you get there. God bless

          • Lovely T. SalvadorPhoto verified

            sending love, Emery. Shared it with a few friends. All the best.

            • Imad Waleed Wahba

              Stay strong, Emery. Everyone deserves a bit of help sometimes.

              $1,125.50 raised of $1,500

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