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The two sisters got the idea for Bye Bye Plastic Bags in 2013 after a lesson at school about influential world leaders — change-makers — including Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr. and ...
In 2013, they founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags (BBPB), which has become one of biggest youth movement fighting plastic waste. Showing how young people can drive change, the sisters have inspired the ...
Bye Bye plastic bags: Sisters' remarkable fight to rid Bali of rubbish By Jewel Topsfield Updated March 12, 2016 — 12.46pm first published March 11, 2016 — 7.00pm ...
Melati and Isabel Wijsen started campaigning against plastic bags in Bali when they were 10 and 12 years old, respectively. Four years later, it looks like they are about to achieve their goal.
To learn about Bye Bye Plastic Bags and the steps these inspiring young women intend to take in the future, check out the video below. Bali is facing a growing crisis, but the island’s youth ...
Five years ago, two young women decided they were going to do something about the plastic problem on their island of Bali. And Bye Bye Plastic Bags was born. How young? So young one of them couldn ...
Five years ago, two young women decided they were going to do something about the plastic problem on their island of Bali. And Bye Bye Plastic Bags was born. How young? So young one of them couldn ...
How Teenage Sisters Pushed Bali To Say 'Bye-Bye' To Plastic Bags Plastic is choking our oceans. Inspired by Gandhi's activism, two young women on the island of Bali are on a mission to do ...
Plastic is choking our oceans. Inspired by Gandhi's activism, two young women on the island of Bali are on a mission to do something about it. How Teenage Sisters Pushed Bali To Say 'Bye-Bye' To ...
"My name is Melati, I'm 19-year-old and my name is Isabel, I'm 17-year-old, we are sisters and founders of 'Bye Bye Plastic Bags'.'' They’ve given talks at the United Nations, participated in ...