Basking in the gentle winter sunshine of Guangzhou, a little girl about four or five squats down, carefully pasting a golden leaf back into a missing spot of an interactive nature installation.

On December 12th, the 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Nature Education Forum successfully kicked off at Guangzhou Children's Park. A network of 134 provincial-level nature education bases, 148 nature education venues, and 175 themed trails now spreads across Guangdong. More than 37,000 events have drawn millions of participants closer to nature.

Outside the forum, children raced joyfully carrying jack fruit in hand, competed to see who could fan kapok seeds the farthest, waited in line to touch simulated tiger paw pads, and took photos with a giant spoon-billed sandpiper. Nature education came alive—transformed into a sports day, an adventure, a hands-on game. It was no longer distant knowledge in textbooks but tangible and vivid life observations and experiences: fruits held in small hands, seeds drifting in the air, and elephant dung recycled into creative materials among the leaves.

From mending a single leaf, to building a network of 134 bases, to the collaborative progress of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao, a clear path emerges: when the seeds of nature take root in play, the creation of a greener and more beautiful Greater Bay Area begins with every touch and act of imagination filled with childlike wonder.

让自然住进童年！2025年粤港澳自然教育论坛举办

在广州冬日温润的阳光里，一个约莫四五岁的小女孩蹲在地上，将一片金黄的树叶，小心翼翼地贴回自然互动装置缺失的位置上。

12月12日，2025年粤港澳自然教育论坛在广州市儿童公园顺利开幕。134个省级自然教育基地、148个自然教育场馆、175条特色自然教育径等如网络般在南粤大地铺开，超过3.7万场活动吸引了千万人次走进自然。

论坛外，孩子们提着菠萝蜜欢快赛跑，用扇子比赛谁能把木棉种子扇得更远，在排队等待触摸仿真老虎爪垫、与巨型勺嘴鹬合影……自然教育“活”了过来，变成了一场运动会、一次探险、一个亲手完成的游戏。它不再是书本上遥远的知识，而是转化成手中沉甸甸的果实、眼前飞舞的种子、藏在树叶间参与循环利用的大象粪便等具体生动的生命观察与体验。

从一片叶的修复，到134个基地的网络，再到粤港澳三地的协同共进，这条路径清晰可见：当自然的种子在游戏中扎根，绿美湾区共创的未来，便在这充满童趣的每一次触摸与创造中，有了最坚实而温暖的起点。

文、图 | 记者 孙牧
翻译 | 钟佳
审校 | 赵凡