#Solvingit26 Honoree
Howey Ou, China
"We dare to challenge the capitalist and consumeristic world. We refuse to be prisoners of injustice.”
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Howey Ou was the first climate striker in China, where she was ostracized and targeted by school officials and police for protesting. Although she’s now based in Lausanne, Switzerland, she continues to raise awareness of the climate crisis in China, one of the world’s biggest polluters.
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