Shanghai Green Oasis Ecological Conservation and Communication Center

Promoting protection of the cities and their surrounding environment, advocating healthy living methods through education, societal participation, and policy advocacy.

Goals

We are committed to creating an oasis for life in the city.

Major Projects

• Nature Education Projects: Projects such as popularization of public environmental knowledge, biodiversity protection, and sustainable development of ecological developments. Activities such as the “Green Angel Plan,” ecological work holidays, “Green Map,” and “Discover Shanghai’s Wilderness.”
• Agricultural Community Project: Advocating against the use of chemical pesticides and fertilizers, genetic modification, and growth hormones.
• Small Aquatic Ecosystems Management Project: Including management technologies, resolving the resource waste in water quality preservation, and environmental contamination.

Major Achievements

• Third place, Toyota Environmental Protection Award, “Shanghai Youth Ecological Value Education” Award
• “Water Source Protection Project” received “Shanghai Top Ten Potential Public Welfare Project,” third place, and “Lenovo Micro-Public Welfare Competition” first place.
• “Small Water Ecosystem Construction Project” received “Lenovo Micro-Public Welfare Competition” first place, and “Science and Technology Innovation Competition” second place.
• “Healthy Farming Agricultural Community Project” received “Shanghai Top Ten Greatest Potential Public Interest Project,” third place, and “Lenovo Micro-Public Welfare Star” first place.

Major Funders

Amity Foundation (爱德基金会), Alashan SEE Ecological Association (阿拉善SEE生态协会), Environmental Defense Fund, GE China Technology Center, UPS, Intel Asia Research Center, Shanghai Bureau of Civil Affairs

Major Partners

Shanghai Municipal Administration of Social Organizations, Shanghai Urban Construction and Communications Commission, Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Green Shanghai and City Landscape Administration, Shanghai Wildlife Conservation Association (上海市野生动植物保护协会), World Wildlife Fund, Alashan SEE Ecological Association, CANGO (中国国际民间组织合作促进会), Environmental Defense Fund, Non-Profit Incubator (NPI公益组织发展中心), Global Village (北京地球村环境教育中心)

Distinctions

Our environmental education offer participatory environmental protection education and activity models, with rich materials.