Melati Wijsen

Melati Wijsen is an Indonesian-Dutch environmental activist, author, and co-founder of Bye Bye Plastic Bags, a movement to combat plastic pollution on her home island of Bali. Melati has opened the stage for President Barack Obama at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam, moderated National Geographic's Sustainability Week in Bangkok, and recently published her first book, Change Starts Now, with HarperCollins. Since founding Bye Bye Plastic Bags at age 12, Melati has developed a passion for environmental education and policy change. Her accomplishments include speaking at the UN, co-chairing the World Economic Forum’s GPAP Committee, serving on the inaugural Expert Advisory Panel for the Earthshot Prize, and having her film Bigger Than Us premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Building on ten years of advocacy, Melati continues to share her experiences in classrooms, boardrooms, and on world stages through her company, YOUTHTOPIA.

Melati adalah agen perubahan dan pembicara yang dikenal secara internasional. Ia pernah membuka panggung untuk Presiden Barack Obama di Ziggo Dome (Amsterdam), menjadi moderator dalam Sustainability Week bersama National Geographic di Bangkok, dan baru saja menerbitkan buku pertamanya berjudul Change Starts Now bersama Harper Collins. Sejak mendirikan Bye Bye Plastic Bags di usia 12 tahun, Melati menumbuhkan ketertarikan yang kuat terhadap pendidikan lingkungan dan perubahan kebijakan. Ia juga pernah berbicara di forum Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa (PBB), menjadi co-chair Komite GPAP di World Economic Forum, duduk di Panel Penasihat Ahli perdana untuk The Earthshot Prize, dan film dokumenternya, Bigger Than Us, tayang perdana di Festival Film Cannes. Dengan pengalaman lebih dari sepuluh tahun di dunia advokasi, Melati terus berbagi pengetahuan dan pengalamannya dari ruang kelas hingga panggung dunia melalui perusahaannya, YOUTHTOPIA.