Sisters Melati Wijsen, an 18-year-old from Bali who five years ago launched an NGO called “Bye Bye Plastic Bags” with her younger sister Isabel, with the aim of dramatically reducing the number of single-use bags, were so inspired at school by what has been possible throughout history that they wanted to make a difference themselves. This year, they reached their initial aim to have bags banned on their own island of Bali, and now want to take their movement forward to be a real youth movement for the future.
The Museum of Natural History in New York is a regular excursion for Jody Neal and her two kids. Teaching her children about the environment and how global warming is affecting it, is important to Jody, but she also doesn’t want to alarm them. Awareness about climate change is growing thanks mainly to younger people who have been marching around the world to draw attention to the issue. Schools and the media have been discussing it more, too.
