Coco Huang

My name is Coco Huang and I’m a sophomore at Concord Academy. I’ve been devoting my time to environment conservation for five years. I’m the founder of Shenzhen Foreign Languages School and Indian Mountain School environmental club, as well as a certificated volunteer of Shenzhen Green Development Foundation, of Development and Reform Commission of Shenzhen Municipality, and of the Nature Conservancy. I founded 350SZ, the first China mainland branch of the international environmental organization 350.org and created a website for it (www.350sz.org). In my environmental activities, I’ve always been trying to incorporate community-based conservation, which means encouraging the local people to participate in conservation programs. I led and participated in this process of community empowerment in three very different communities: Shenzhen Foreign Languages School, Heqing village, and Mt.Laojun; and created tangible difference. I’m very excited for TedX Concord Carlisle 2019 and can’t wait to share my stories.