Sesi 3 · You Can Help 🌱

Bayangin ini… Ada puisi lawas dari tahun 1974: "Buy it, try it, throw the trash away!" — terus di ujungnya nanya: "Oh, no — where is 'away'?" Ke mana sih sampah "dibuang"? Nah, di Bali ada dua kakak-beradik yang nemuin jawabannya: Melati (12 tahun) dan Isabel (10 tahun) Wijsen. Mereka bikin gerakan bersihin pulau dari plastik — ribuan orang ikut, 115 tempat dibersihin, dan kampanye mereka 'Bye Bye Plastic Bags' bikin Bali nglarang kantong plastik! Kalau mereka bisa, kamu juga bisa! 🌱

Melati and Isabel Wijsen live in Bali. They spent their teenage years cleaning up the island from plastic.

Melati and Isabel were only 12 and 10 years old when they decided to tackle plastic pollution. They found plastic everywhere — when they walked to the rice fields or when they went to the beaches.

The sisters began a movement: 'an annual island clean up'. Early on a Sunday morning, they stood on the back of a flatbed truck with megaphones. Thousands of children, teenagers, and parents came out to help. Volunteers from local restaurants and hotels also showed up.

They collected trash at 115 places around the island — on the beaches, the rivers, and the streets. The two sisters became local heroes and won international acclaim for their awareness campaign.