Melati and Isabel Wijsen - Ban Plastic Bags in Bali

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Melati and Isabel Wijsen – Ban Plastic Bags in Bali

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Topics

Advocacy, Bags, Cleanups, Legislation, Ocean Pollution, Plastic Policy, Plastic Pollution, Policy, Solutions, Waste

Audiences

Activists, NGO Professionals, Policy Makers, Students

Type

Film

In this TED Talk, Melati and Isabel Wijsen explain that they are on a mission to stop plastic bags from suffocating their beautiful island home of Bali. Their efforts — including petitions, beach cleanups, even a hunger strike — paid off when they convinced their governor to commit to a plastic bag-free Bali by 2018. “Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you’re too young or you won’t understand,” Isabel says to other aspiring activists. “We’re not telling you it’s going to be easy. We’re telling you it’s going to be worth it.”