Ode to Anna Costello-SchwartzYour path was that of activist, speaker and connector
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Dear Anna,
Soon you will say goodbye to Amsterdam and start a new chapter in Ireland.
How much you have experienced here, and how much you have given to the city, or rather to all that lives in the city!
The year of your big move was 2020. The beloved W.H. Vliegen forest was threatened by a new bike path to be built. Alderman Vliegen already expressed the hope in the City Council in 1911 that if the forest were threatened “there will still be people here who, when the axe is swung, will take care, that there will be no question of cutting it down.” And you, Anna, felt called.
“Amsterdam remains a great, green city thanks in part to you.”
You banded together with Vera, Simon, Hetty, Dennis, Floor, Sylvia, Patty and so many others and decided to work to preserve the beautiful and unique forest. And soon you cast yourself as a protector of all that lives in North. You developed, during your work as a night nurse you found time to write the text you were going to speak at committee meetings.
Your path was that of activist, speaker and connector.
You literally protected the endangered trees by carefully and at the same time strikingly wrapping them in many meters of fabric with a striking color of green.
You connected nature and environmental organizations, artists, allotment associations and residents' groups, and together with Esther van der Meer managed to bring them to their feet. Thus the white facade of the Stopera was colored with the green of banners and pennants.
Dear Anna, you have done so much more than that. A new wind is blowing, there is now so much more attention to the preservation of trees, shrubs, critters all working together to ensure that we can continue to find peace and confidence. The trees of the Fly Forest will always continue to give you a sense of home, of peace, every time you visit.
Thank you for your enormous, loving and passionate commitment Anna! Thanks in part to you, Amsterdam remains a great, green city.
All the best to you in Ireland.
Your neighbors from Vogeldorp
Anna's green, photo by The Tea Witches from Bird Village
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Ode by The Tea Witches from Bird Village to Anna Costello-Schwartz.
Anna Costello-Schwartz has done much for conservation in North.
Anna Costello-Schwartz
Anna is committed to raising awareness of disappearing natural landscapes and disappearing trees. She tries to connect and unite to take action for conservation and protection of biodiversity, urban nature and Amsterdam Scheggen.