Our campaign to ban plastic bags in Bali | Melati and Isabel Wijsen

Translator: Prameswari Rahmanu Reviewer: Gita Arimanda

Melati Wijsen: Bali -- island of gods.

Melati Wijsen: Bali-- pulau para dewa.

Isabel Wijsen: A green paradise.

Isabel Wijsen: Surga yang hijau.

MW: Or ...

MW: Atau...

a paradise lost.

surga yang hilang.

Bali:

Bali:

island of garbage.

Pulau penuh sampah.

IW: In Bali,

we generate 680 cubic meters of plastic garbage a day.

IW: Di Bali, produksi sampah plastik mencapai 680 meter kubik per hari.

That's about a 14-story building.

Hampir setinggi gedung 14 lantai.

And when it comes to plastic bags,

Dan omong-omong kantong plastik, yang didaur ulang kurang dari 5%.

less than five percent gets recycled.

MW: We know that changes the image you may have of our island.

MW: Kami tahu itu mengubah pandangan Anda terhadap pulau kami.

It changed ours, too, when we learned about it,

kami juga begitu ketika mendengar bahwa

when we learned that almost all plastic bags in Bali end up in our drains

hampir semua kantong plastik di Bali berakhir di saluran pembuangan,

and then in our rivers

lalu di sungai, dan kemudian di laut.

and then in our ocean.

And those that don't even make it to the ocean,

Kantong plastik yang tidak sampai ke laut akan dibakar atau dibuang sembarangan.

they're either burned or littered.

IW: So we decided to do something about it.

IW: Jadi kami putuskan untuk bertindak.

And we've been working for almost three years now

Dan sudah hampir tiga tahun kami memulai gerakan

to try to say no to plastic bags on our home island.

untuk berkata "tidak" pada kantong plastik di pulau kami.

And we have had some significant successes.

Kami juga punya beberapa pencapaian signifikan.

MW: We are sisters,

MW: Kami berdua bersaudara

and we go to the best school on earth:

dan kami bersekolah di sekolah paling keren di dunia: Green School, Bali.

Green School, Bali.

Green School is not only different in the way that it is built out of bamboo,

Green School berbeda tidak hanya karena bangunannya yang terbuat dari bambu,

but also in the way that it teaches.

tapi juga cara pengajarannya.

We are taught to become leaders of today,

Kami diajarkan untuk menjadi pemimpin masa kini,

something a normal textbook cannot match.

sesuatu yang tidak bisa ditandingi oleh buku pelajaran manapun.

IW: One day we had a lesson in class

IW: Suatu hari kami mempelajari tentang tokoh-tokoh berpengaruh,

where we learned about significant people,

like Nelson Mandela,

seperti Nelson Mandela,

Lady Diana

Lady Diana,

and Mahatma Gandhi.

dan Mahatma Gandhi.

Walking home that day,

Sepulang sekolah, kami sepakat bahwa kami juga ingin melakukan hal yang berarti.

we agreed that we also wanted to be significant.

Why should we wait until we were grown up

Kenapa harus menunggu sampai dewasa untuk menjadi orang yang berarti?

to be significant?

We wanted to do something now.

Kami ingin berbuat sesuatu sekarang.

MW: Sitting on the sofa that night,

MW: Duduk di sofa malam itu,

we brainstormed and thought of all the issues facing Bali.

kami bertukar pikiran tentang berbagai masalah yang dihadapi Bali.

And one thing that stood out to us the most

Satu hal yang paling menonjol adalah sampah plastik.

was the plastic garbage.

But that is a huge problem.

Tapi sampah plastik adalah masalah yang besar.

So we looked into what was a realistic target for us kids:

Jadi kami mencari satu target realistis untuk anak-anak seperti kami:

plastic bags.

kantong plastik.

And the idea was born.

Dan ide ini pun terlahir.

IW: We started researching,

IW: Kami mulai meneliti (masalah ini), dan semakin banyak kami belajar,

and let's just say, the more we learned,

there was nothing good about plastic bags.

kami menemukan bahwa tidak ada yang baik dari kantong plastik.

And you know what?

Tahukah Anda?

We don't even need them.

Kita bahkan tidak membutuhkan kantong plastik.

MW: We were really inspired by the efforts to say no to plastic bags

MW: Kami sangat terinspirasi dari gerakan katakan tidak pada kantong plastik

in many other places,

di banyak tempat, dari Hawaii hingga Rwanda,

from Hawaii to Rwanda

and to severals cities like Oakland and Dublin.

dan beberapa kota lain, seperti Oakland dan Dublin.

IW: And so the idea turned into the launch of "Bye Bye Plastic Bags."

IW: Lalu ide tersebut berkembang menjadi gerakan "Bye Bye Plastic Bags."

MW: In the years that we have been campaigning,

MW: Selama berkampanye, kami telah belajar banyak hal.

we have learned a lot.

Lesson number one:

Pelajaran pertama:

you cannot do it all by yourself.

Anda tidak bisa berjuang sendiri.

You need a big team of like-minded kids,

Anda butuh sekelompok besar anak dengan pemikiran yang sama,

and so we formed the Bye Bye Plastic Bags crew.

jadi kami membentuk kru Bye Bye Plastic Bags.

The volunteer team includes children from all over the island,

Tim relawan ini terdiri dari anak-anak dari berbagai penjuru Bali,

from both international and local schools.

dari sekolah internasional dan lokal.

And together with them,

Bersama-sama, kami memulai pendekatan berlapis,

we started a multi-layered approach,

based on an on- and off-line signature petition,

berdasarkan petisi online dan pengumpulan tanda tangan langsung,

educational and inspirational presentations at schools

presentasi edukatif dan inspiratif di sekolah-sekolah,

and we raise general awareness at markets, festivals, beach clean-ups.

serta meningkatkan kesadaran masyarakat

di pasar, festival dan acara pembersihan pantai.

And last but not least,

we distribute alternative bags,

Dan terakhir, kami mendistribusikan kantong alternatif,

bags like net bags,

seperti kantong jaring,

recycled newspaper bags

kantong bekas koran

or 100 percent organic material bags,

atau kantong dari 100% bahan organik

all made by local initiatives on the island.

yang semuanya dibuat oleh gerakan-gerakan lokal di Bali.

IW: We run a pilot village,

IW: Kami mengelola kampung percontohan, yang terdiri dari 800 keluarga.

home of 800 families.

The village mayor was our first friend

Kepala desa di sana adalah teman pertama kami dan beliau menyukai kaos kami.

and he loved our T-shirts, so that helped.

Fokus kami adalah membuat pelanggan sadar karena disitulah perubahan harus terjadi.

We focused on making the customers aware,

because that's where the change needs to happen.

The village is already two-thirds along the way

Kampung ini sendiri sudah 2/3-nya bebas dari kantong plastik.

of becoming plastic bag free.

Our first attempts to get the government of Bali on board failed.

Usaha pertama kami untuk menggandeng pemerintah Bali gagal.

So we thought,

Jadi kami berpikir,

"Hmm ... a petition with one million signatures.

"Hmm... petisi dengan satu juta tanda tangan.

They can't ignore us, right?"

Mereka tak bisa mengacuhkan itu kan?"

MW: Right!

MW: Benar!

IW: But, who would have guessed

IW: Tapi, kami tidak mengira, satu juta tanda tangan itu adalah 1.000 x 1.000.

one million signatures is, like, a thousand times a thousand?

(Laughter)

(Tawa)

We got stuck --

Kami hilang akal --

till we learned lesson number two:

hingga kami belajar pelajaran kedua:

berpikir kreatif.

think outside the box.

Someone mentioned

Katanya bandara Bali menerima 16 juta penerbangan pertahun.

that the Bali airport handles 16 million arrivals and departures a year.

MW: Tapi bagaimana kami bisa berkampanye di bandara?

MW: But how do we get into the airport?

And here comes lesson number three:

Inilah pelajaran ketiga: kegigihan.

persistence.

Kami pergi ke bandara.

Off we headed to the airport.

We got past the janitor.

Kami melalui petugas kebersihan.

And then it was his boss's boss,

Kemudian bosnya bos petugas kebersihan,

and then the assistant office manager,

lalu asisten manajer kantor,

lalu manajer kantor,

and then the office manager,

and then ...

kemudian kami mundur lagi dua langkah dan berpikir,

we got shuffled down two levels and thought,

well, here comes the janitor again.

yah, si petugas kebersihan lagi.

And after several days knocking on doors

Setelah beberapa hari mengetuk banyak pintu & menjalankan misi kami,

and just being kids on a mission,

we finally got to the commercial manager of Bali airports.

akhirnya kami bisa menemui manajer komersial bandara Bali.

Kami menjelaskan tentang kampanye "Bali surga kantong plastik"

And we gave him the "Bali of plastic bags" speech, and being a very nice man,

dan karena kebaikan beliau,

he said, [imitating the man's voice] "I cannot believe what I'm about say,

beliau berkata,

"Saya tidak percaya akan mengatakan ini,

but I'm going to give authorization

tapi saya akan memberi kalian izin

untuk mengumpulkan tanda tangan di belakang bea cukai & imigrasi.

to collect signatures behind customs and immigrations."

(Laughter)

(Tawa)

(Applause)

(Tepuk tangan)

IW: In our first hour and a half there,

IW: Dalam satu setengah jam pertama kami di sana,

we got almost 1,000 signatures.

kami mendapat hampir 1.000 tanda tangan. Keren, kan?

How cool is that?

Pelajaran keempat:

Lesson number four:

you need champions at all levels of society,

Anda butuh pahlawan di setiap komunitas masyarakat,

mulai dari pelajar hingga manajer komersial, hingga orang terkenal.

from students to commercial managers to famous people.

Dan berkat nama besar Green School,

And thanks to the attraction of Green School,

we had access to a steady stream of celebrities.

kami bisa berhubungan dengan beberapa selebriti.

Ban Ki Moon taught us

Ban Ki Moon memberitahu kami bahwa Sekjen PBB tidak menandatangani petisi--

that Secretary-Generals of the United Nations

don't sign petitions --

(Laughter)

(Tawa)

even if kids ask nicely.

walaupun anak-anak memintanya baik-baik.

But he promised to spread the word,

Tapi beliau berjanji akan menyebarkan gerakan ini,

and now we work closely with the United Nations.

dan kini kami bekerja sama dengan PBB.

MW: Jane Goodall taught us the power of a people's network.

MW: Jane Goodall mengajarkan kami tentang kekuatan jaringan.

She started with just one Roots & Shoots group

Beliau mulai hanya dengan satu grup Roots & Shoots,

dan sekarang beliau mempunyai 4.000 grup di seluruh dunia.

and now she has 4,000 groups around the world.

We are one of them.

Kami adalah salah satunya.

She's a real inspiration.

Beliau adalah inspirasi kami.

If you're a fellow Rotarian,

Jika Anda sesama Rotarian, senang bertemu dengan Anda.

nice to meet you.

We're Interactors,

Kami adalah "Interactors."

the youngest department of Rotary International.

Departemen paling muda di Rotary International.

IW: Tapi kami juga belajar banyak tentang kesabaran,

IW: But we have also learned much about patience,

MW: how to deal with frustrations,

MW: bagaimana mengatasi frustasi,

IW: leadership,

IW: kepemimpinan,

MW: teamwork,

MW: kerjasama tim,

IW: friendship,

IW: persahabatan,

MW: we learned more about the Balinese and their culture

MW: kami belajar lebih banyak tentang Bali dan budayanya

IW: and we learned about the importance of commitment.

IW: dan kami belajar tentang pentingnya komitmen.

MW: It's not always easy.

MW: Tidak selalu mudah.

Sometimes it does get a little bit hard to walk your talk.

Kadang terasa sulit untuk mengamalkan apa yang kami katakan.

IW: But last year, we did exactly that.

IW: Tapi tahun lalu, kami melakukannya.

We went to India to give a talk,

Kami pergi ke India untuk memberi ceramah

and our parents took us to visit

dan orang tua kami membawa kami untuk mengunjungi rumah pribadi Mahatma Gandhi.

the former private house of Mahatma Gandhi.

Kami belajar tentang kekuatan gerakan mogok makan beliau untuk mencapai tujuan.

We learned about the power of hunger strikes

he did to reach his goals.

Ya, di akhir perjalanan tersebut, saat kami bertemu orang tua kami lagi,

Yes, by the end of the tour,

when we met our parents again,

we both made a decision and said,

kami berdua memutuskan sesuatu & berkata, "Kami akan melakukan mogok makan!"

"We're going on a hunger strike!"

(Laughter)

MW: And you can probably imagine their faces.

(Tawa)

MW: Anda mungkin bisa membayangkan muka mereka.

It took a lot of convincing,

Sulit sekali meyakinkan, tidak hanya orang tua kami,

and not only to our parents

but to our friends and to our teachers as well.

tapi juga teman-teman dan guru-guru kami.

Isabel and I were serious about doing this.

Isabel dan saya benar-benar serius soal ini.

So we met with a nutritionist,

Jadi kami menemui seorang ahli gizi dan kami menyepakati titik tengah

and we came up with a compromise

of not eating from sunrise to sunset every day

untuk tidak makan dari matahari terbit hingga matahari tenggelam setiap hari

until the governor of Bali would agree to meet with us

hingga gubernur Bali bersedia menemui kami untuk membicarakan

to talk about how to stop plastic bags on Bali.

tentang cara meniadakan kantong plastik di Bali.

IW: "Mogok makan" kami dimulai.

IW: Our "mogak makan," as it is called in Bahasa Indonesia,

started.

We used social media to support our goal

Kami menggunakan media sosial untuk mencapai tujuan kami

and already on day two,

dan pada hari kedua, polisi datang ke rumah dan sekolah kami.

police started to come to our home and school.

What were these two girls doing?

Apa yang dilakukan dua anak gadis ini?

We knew we weren't making the governor look his best

Kami tahu kami tidak memberi citra baik pada gubernur Bali dengan gerakan ini--

by doing this food strike --

we could have gone to jail.

kami bisa saja dimasukkan ke penjara.

But, hey, it worked.

Tapi, hei, kami berhasil.

Twenty-four hours later,

Dua puluh empat jam kemudian,

we were picked up from school

kami dijemput di sekolah dan diantar ke kantor gubernur.

and escorted to the office of the governor.

MW: Dan kami bertemu dengan beliau --

MW: And there he was --

(Applause)

(Tepuk tangan)

waiting for us to meet and speak,

Beliau menunggu untuk berbicara dengan kami,

being all supportive and thankful for our willingness

beliau mendukung dan berterimakasih atas kesediaan kami

to care for the beauty and the environment of Bali.

untuk menjaga keindahan dan lingkungan Bali.

He signed a promise

Beliau berjanji untuk membantu masyarakat Bali

to help the people of Bali say no to plastic bags.

berkata tidak pada kantong plastik.

And we are now friends,

Kami sekarang berteman & secara berkala kami mengingatkan janji beliau.

and on a regular basis,

we remind him and his team of the promises he has made.

Dan benar saja, baru-baru ini beliau menyatakan komitmen bahwa

And indeed,

recently he stated and committed

that Bali will be plastic bag free by 2018.

Bali akan bebas dari kantong plastik pada 2018.

(Applause)

(Tepuk tangan)

IW: Also, at the International Airport of Bali, one of our supporters

IW: Selain itu, di bandara internasional Bali,

salah satu pendukung kami akan memulai kebijakan bebas kantong plastik pada 2016.

is planning to start a plastic bag-free policy by 2016.

MW: Stop handing out free plastic bags

MW: Berhenti memberikan kantong plastik gratis & bawa kantong Anda sendiri

and bring in your own reusable bag

is our next message to change that mindset of the public.

adalah pesan berikut kami untuk mengubah pola pikir masyarakat.

IW: Our short-term campaign,

IW: Inilah kampanye jangka pendek kami,

"One Island / One Voice,"

"One Island / One Voice,"

is all about this.

Kami mengecek dan mengakui toko-toko dan restoran yang mendeklarasikan

We check and recognize the shops and restaurants

that have declared themselves a plastic bag-free zone,

usahanya sebagai zona bebas kantong plastik,

and we put this sticker at their entrance

dan kami memberi stiker ini di pintu masuk usaha-usaha tersebut,

and publish their names on social media

dan mempublikasikan nama mereka

and some important magazines on Bali.

di sosial media dan beberapa majalah penting tentang Bali.

And conversely,

Sebaliknya, hal ini memberi perhatian juga pada mereka yang tidak memiliki stiker.

that highlights those who do not have the sticker.

(Laughter)

(Tawa)

MW: So, why are we actually telling you all of this?

MW: Jadi, kenapa kami memberi tahu Anda semua ini?

Well, partly, it is because we are proud

Sebagian karena kami bangga dengan pencapaian kami sebagai tim.

of the results that, together with our team,

we have been able to reach.

But also because along the way,

Tapi juga karena dari kampanye ini, kami belajar

we have learned that kids can do things.

bahwa anak-anak pun bisa melakukan sesuatu.

We can make things happen.

Kami dapat membuat perubahan.

Isabel and I were only 10 and 12 years old

Isabel dan saya berusia 10 dan 12 tahun ketika kami memulai semua ini.

when we started this.

We never had a business plan,

Kami tidak memiliki rencana bisnis, atau strategi tetap, atau agenda terselubung--

nor a fixed strategy,

nor any hidden agendas --

kami hanya punya ide dan sekelompok teman yang berkerja bersama kami.

just the idea in front of us

and a group of friends working with us.

Kami hanya tidak ingin

All we wanted to do was stop those plastic bags

kantong plastik menyelimuti dan menyesaki rumah kami yang indah.

from wrapping and suffocating our beautiful home.

Kids have a boundless energy

Anak-anak punya energi yang besar dan motivasi untuk menjadi

and a motivation to be the change the world needs.

agen perubahan yang dibutuhkan dunia.

IW:Untuk semua anak-anak dunia yang indah tapi penuh tantangan ini:

IW: So to all the kids of this beautiful but challenging world:

go for it!

bertindaklah!

Make that difference.

Buatlah perubahan.

We're not telling you it's going to be easy.

Kami tidak mengatakan bahwa jalannya akan mudah.

We're telling you it's going to be worth it.

Kami mengatakan bahwa hal itu akan berarti.

Kita sebagai anak-anak mungkin hanya 25% dari total populasi dunia,

Us kids may only be 25 percent of the world's population,

but we are 100 percent of the future.

tapi kita adalah 100% masa depan.

MW: Masih banyak hal yang harus kami lakukan, dan kami tidak akan berhenti

MW: We still have a lot of work to do,

but know that we still not stop

until the first question asked when arriving at the Bali airports will be

hingga pertanyaan pertama saat seseorang tiba di bandara Bali adalah,

"Selamat datang di Bali,

Both: "Welcome to Bali,

apakah Anda punya kantong plastik yang harus dilaporkan?"

do you have nay plastic bags to declare?"

(Laughter)

(Tawa)

Om shanti shanti shanti om.

Om shanti shanti shanti om.

Thank you.

(Applause)

Terima kasih.