2025年8-9月，来自9家企业、1所学校的共85位志愿者齐聚宁夏灵武市白芨滩国家级自然保护区，用双手扎下1362个草方格、在450平方米的沙地上撒下灌木种子，亲自开启了一场与荒漠的绿色对话。
From August to September 2025, 85 volunteers from 9 companies and 1 school gathered at the Baijitan National Nature Reserve in Lingwu City, Ningxia. Together, they constructed 1,362 straw grids and sowed shrub seeds across 450 square meters of sandy land, connecting with the land through their actions.
百万植树计划2025年宁夏林地赞助商纪念碑 郭珈源摄
The MTP 2025 Ningxia Forest Plaque, Photo by Jiayuan Guo
万事开头难，今年的生态行活动依然从草方格的扎制开始。志愿者们需要互相协作，在保证长宽1*1米的草方格规格要求下，一个人沿着直线铺秸秆，一个人用铁锹从秸秆中部扎入裸沙，使其站立形成屏障。在烈日的拷打下，一个个草方格在志愿者的手中铺设开来。草方格能够有效降低地表风速，是沙漠化治理中广泛采用的工程措施，意义非凡。
The event began with the challenging task of constructing straw grids. Working in teams, volunteers laid straws in straight lines while others used shovels to press them firmly into the sand, forming 1m×1m grids. Despite the scorching sun, the volunteers continued to construct more and more grids. These barriers will effectively reduce wind speed on the ground surface and play a vital role in desertification control.
志愿者在扎制草方格 郭珈源、王凯摄
Volunteers are constructing straw grids, Photo by Jiayuan Guo & Kai Wang
活动期间，降雨又悄然而至，这正是点播柠条种子的好时机，得益于其发达的根系以及耐旱、固氮等显著优势，柠条成为防风固沙领域的重要先锋物种，在生态修复工程中扮演着不可或缺的角色。弯腰、拨土、点下种子，志愿者们小心翼翼地将希望撒下，期待它们在未来生根发芽。
The rain came during the event. It was a great chance to sow the Caragana Korshinskii seeds. Known for its drought resistance, nitrogen fixation, and robust root systems, Caragana Korshinskii has become the pioneer species in windbreaking and sand fixation. Volunteers carefully bent down, loosened the soil, and sowed the seeds, hoping for future growth.
志愿者在点播柠条种子 郭珈源摄
Volunteers are sowing seeds, Photo by Jiayuan Guo
在扎制草方格和点播灌木种子之后，志愿者走进了百万植树计划2022年林地进行自然探索活动。三年过后，柠条形成一定灌丛，初步具备防风治沙功能，多年生植物替代一年生植物形成地表主要植被景观。在活动中，志愿者们通过现场辨认沙生植物，直观地感受到治沙带来的生态价值。
Later, the volunteers went to the MTP 2022 Forest for the nature detective games. After three years, the Caragana Korshinskii had formed shrub clusters, demonstrating preliminary sand-stabilizing functions. Perennial plants now dominate in the forest sites, replacing annual plants. Through identifying the plants in the forest, volunteers witnessed the ecological value of desertification control efforts firsthand.
上海根与芽工作人员在介绍林地情况 郭珈源摄
The staff of SRS is introducing the forests to volunteers, Photo by Jiayuan Guo
志愿者在参与自然探索活动 郭珈源摄
The volunteers are taking part in the nature detective games, Photo by Jiayuan Guo
此外，志愿者们还参观了保护区的防沙治沙博物馆，对于白芨滩数十年的防风治沙工作的困难与成就有了更加深入生动的体会。而在这些活动之外，生态位工作坊和沙漠化拼图工作坊则让大家在团队合作的过程中深化了对生态保护与荒漠化治理的认知。
A visit to the Desertification Control Museum deepened the volunteers’ understanding of Baijitan’s decades-long efforts. Workshops like the "Ecological Niche" and "Desertification Collage" engaged them to learn more about the desertification and conservation.
生态位工作坊
The workshops on Ecological Niche
沙漠化拼图工作坊
Desertification Collage Workshop
活动尾声，志愿者们来到白芨滩保护区一片未经治理的移动沙丘。远处望去，一侧是连绵的沙丘，风沙肆意舞动；另一侧，在草方格与一行行灌木守护下的治理区，生机盎然。这鲜明的对比让所有人动容——正是无数治沙人几十年如一日的坚持，才换来这里珍贵的绿意。
The trip concluded at a bare sandy land in the reserve, which was left for scientific study purposes. The stark contrast—shifting dunes on one side and thriving greenery stabilized by straw grids and shrubs on the other—moved everyone. It was the decades-long perseverance of countless desertification fighters that had earned this precious greenery.
沙漠与远处的林地形成鲜明的对比 王凯摄
The sandy land on the background of the forests at Baijitan, Photo by Kai Wang