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In October 2013, two Green School students — sisters Melati and Isabel Wijsen, then in grades 6 and 7 — created a campaign called “Bye Bye Plastic Bags” aimed at banning the use, sale and production of plastic bags in Bali by 2015.
Bye Bye Plastic Bags is a social initiative driven by children, between ages 11 to 17 years, on the beautiful and special island of Bali. Their mission is to get the people of Bali to say NO to plastic bags by 2018. They have met and started a collaboration with Dr. Jane Goodall and her Roots and Shoots program and they became a part of Rotary International as well. They met the secretary general of United Nations, Mr. Ban-ki Moon, and now officially carry the UNORCID logo and most importantly they met with the Governor of Bali, and an agreement was signed to support BBPB and help the people of Bali say NO to plastic bags by the end of 2018.
Most recently Melati and Isabel traveled to Paris with the Green School group, where they participated and performed at COY21.
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