Shanghai Roots & Shoots

Care and Concern for the environment, animals, and your community

Care and Concern for the environment, animals, and your community

Our Mission
Nurturing responsible citizens for a sustainable planet
Roots & Shoots Groups
Since the founding of Shanghai Roots & Shoots, we have established strong cooperative relations with more than 430 schools in Eastern and South-eastern China where young students have launched creative programs and activities. They have learned much about project planning and management of volunteers. Additionally, the students got to enrich their social experience. Most importantly, thexperienced significant change directly resulting from their actions.
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R&S Volunteers in Action
As we continue to expand, we are implementing more and more meaningful programs and activities. Our volunteers are the core of our organization, dedicating their time, skills, and passion to help us build a greener future. In recent years, our volunteer group has kept growing, every year with an average of 240 new volunteers joining us, 220 volunteers participating in our programs and activities, contributing more than 3,500 hours of service in total. These volunteers are actively engaged in activities focusing on "caring for the environment, animals and community". They help to bring green classes to schools, advocate for sustainable lifestyles, and even travel to remote areas to fight desertification!
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Our Areas of Focus
Inspire individuals to take informed actionfor a sustainable future through education and capacity building
Fighting Desertification
Education for Sustainable Development
Organic Farming
Low Carbon Advocacy
Humanitarian Care
Biodiversity & Conservation
Sustainable Lifestyles
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2025 Inner Mongolia Forest Ecological Survey
From July 19 to 26, 2025, eight volunteers joined the Million Tree Project team in Horqin Left Rear Banner, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia, to carry out the MTP forest ecological survey. Over the course of six days—under the scorching sun and through heavy rain—the volunteers gained valuable experience.

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World Chimpanzee Day | Shanghai Zoo Event Review
To celebrate World Chimpanzee Day and raise awareness about biodiversity conservation, Shanghai Roots & Shoots hosted a special event at Shanghai Zoo on July 20th. . The event combined nature tours and educational lectures, giving participants a chance to dive deep into the world of primates, exploring their daily lives, behaviors, and the vital role of biodiversity protection—showing how humans and nature can coexist in harmony.

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2025 Inner Mongolia Planting Trip Review
From April 4 to 14, 72 volunteers from 9 companies and 2 schools participated in the tree planting trips in Inner Mongolia. The volunteers worked hard together to plant trees to fight desertification. In spite of the wind-blown sand, snow and rain pummeling the planting site, the volunteers planted 1077 poplars on the sandy land, and had the most unforgettable experiences.

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'Listen' to the Call of Cao Vit Gibbon in Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden
When it’s the 'March 3^rd festival' (the most important traditional festival of the Zhuang people, featuring the beautiful Songs), Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden was filled with a different kind of 'gibbon songs'. Shanghai Roots & Shoots, together with Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, launched the 'Listen to the Call of Gibbons' charity event, featuring the local people’s wisdom of utilizing the nature resources in daily life, which is a brand-new perspective for the visitors to learn about biodiversity conservation.

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