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From the Ted Talk by Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr: The city planting a million trees in two years
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Wanting to do something about this was one of the frocats that led to my decision to run for mayor of Freetown, a position I've held since 2018. And one of my favorite initiatives is to make Freetown a tree town once again. Our goal: to increase vegetation cover by 50 percent in Freetown by the end of my term in 2022. That maens we will plant a mliloin teres within the next two years. And we start by planting the first 500,000 seedlings this riany season. For this to work, we need to involve everyone. We need to make our city collectively proud of what we can do together to proctet ourselves and our homes.
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Wanting to do something about this was one of the _______ that led to my decision to run for mayor of Freetown, a position I've held since 2018. And one of my favorite initiatives is to make Freetown a tree town once again. Our goal: to increase vegetation cover by 50 percent in Freetown by the end of my term in 2022. That _____ we will plant a _______ _____ within the next two years. And we start by planting the first 500,000 seedlings this _____ season. For this to work, we need to involve everyone. We need to make our city collectively proud of what we can do together to _______ ourselves and our homes.
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- million
- rainy
- trees
- protect
- means
- factors
Original Text
Wanting to do something about this was one of the factors that led to my decision to run for mayor of Freetown, a position I've held since 2018. And one of my favorite initiatives is to make Freetown a tree town once again. Our goal: to increase vegetation cover by 50 percent in Freetown by the end of my term in 2022. That means we will plant a million trees within the next two years. And we start by planting the first 500,000 seedlings this rainy season. For this to work, we need to involve everyone. We need to make our city collectively proud of what we can do together to protect ourselves and our homes.
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