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

翻译人员: 易帆 余 校对人员: Huazhe Xie

Melati Wijsen: Bali -- island of gods.

Melati Wijsen：巴厘岛——神明之岛。

Isabel Wijsen: A green paradise.

Isabel Wijsen：绿色的天堂。

MW: Or ...

MW：或者是······

a paradise lost.

失落的天堂。

Bali:

巴厘岛：

island of garbage.

垃圾之岛。

IW: In Bali,

IW：在巴厘岛，

we generate 680 cubic meters of plastic garbage a day.

我们一天会制造出 680立方米的塑料垃圾。

That's about a 14-story building.

这大约有14层楼高。

And when it comes to plastic bags,

说到塑料袋，

less than five percent gets recycled.

它的回收率小于5%。

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

MW：我们知道也许你们对 我们岛的印象已经改变了。

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

当我们知道的时候，我们的印象也变了，

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

我们知道了几乎所有巴厘岛上的塑料袋 最后会流到我们的下水道

and then in our rivers

然后转进我们的河流，

and then in our ocean.

最后流入我们的海洋。

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

而那些没有流进海洋的，

they're either burned or littered.

它们不是被焚化就是被乱丢弃掉。

IW: So we decided to do something about it.

IW：所以，我们决定要做些事情。

And we've been working for almost three years now

到现在为止我们已经做了快三年，

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

尝试在我们岛上的家园， 向塑料袋说不。

And we have had some significant successes.

而且我们有相当显著的成功。

MW: We are sisters,

MW：我们是姐妹，

and we go to the best school on earth:

我们在地球上最棒的学校上课：

巴厘岛的格林学校。

Green School, Bali.

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

格林学校的不同之处， 除了它是由竹子建造而成，

but also in the way that it teaches.

还有它的教学方式。

We are taught to become leaders of today,

我们被教导成为今日的领袖，

something a normal textbook cannot match.

一些在普通教科书上学不到的东西。

IW: One day we had a lesson in class

IW：有一天，我们上了一堂课，

where we learned about significant people,

学习了一些名人，

like Nelson Mandela,

比如尼尔森·曼德拉、

Lady Diana

戴安娜夫人、

and Mahatma Gandhi.

圣雄甘地。

Walking home that day,

那天回家的路上，

we agreed that we also wanted to be significant.

我们达成一个共识： 我们也想成为这样的名人。

Why should we wait until we were grown up

那为什么我们要等到长大时

to be significant?

才能成为名人呢？

We wanted to do something now.

我们现在就想做一些事。

MW: Sitting on the sofa that night,

MW：坐在沙发上的那一晚，

we brainstormed and thought of all the issues facing Bali.

我们开始了头脑风暴， 思考巴厘岛现在所面临的问题。

And one thing that stood out to us the most

而其中一个常常出现在 我们面前的就是

was the plastic garbage.

塑料垃圾。

But that is a huge problem.

但这可是个大问题。

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

所以我们确定了我们这些小孩 实际的目标是什么：

plastic bags.

就是塑料袋。

And the idea was born.

想法诞生了。

IW: We started researching,

IW：我们开始研究，

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

这么说好了，我们了解的越多，

there was nothing good about plastic bags.

我们越明白塑料袋 一点好处也没有。

And you know what?

而且你知道吗？

We don't even need them.

我们根本不需要它们。

MW：在很多其他地方举办的 “向塑料袋说不”的活动

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

深深激励了我们，

in many other places,

from Hawaii to Rwanda

从夏威夷到卢旺达，

and to severals cities like Oakland and Dublin.

还有几个城市， 比如奥克兰或都柏林。

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

IW：所以我们把想法转换成发起 “拜拜了，塑料袋”活动。

MW: In the years that we have been campaigning,

MW：这几年我们一直在办活动

we have learned a lot.

这让我们学到很多。

Lesson number one:

第一课：

你不要全都自己一个人做。

you cannot do it all by yourself.

You need a big team of like-minded kids,

你需要有一个志趣相投的 孩子们组成的大团队，

and so we formed the Bye Bye Plastic Bags crew.

所以我们成立了 “拜拜了，塑料袋”工作组。

The volunteer team includes children from all over the island,

志愿者团队来自于 从全岛范围内召集的孩子们，

from both international and local schools.

包含国际及当地学校。

And together with them,

跟他们一起，

we started a multi-layered approach,

我们开始了一种多层级方法，

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

主要是一些线上线下 的签名请愿书活动，

educational and inspirational presentations at schools

以及在学校举办的 含有教育寓意及鼓舞人心的演讲，

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

我们也在市场、节庆、 海滩清洁活动上提高大众的意识。

And last but not least,

最后但同样重要的一点，

we distribute alternative bags,

我们给大家分发替代塑料袋的袋子，

bags like net bags,

比如网袋，

recycled newspaper bags

可循环利用的报纸袋，

or 100 percent organic material bags,

或是100%有机材料袋，

all made by local initiatives on the island.

这些全是当地岛上的自发团体制作的。

IW: We run a pilot village,

IW：我们运作了一个试点村，

home of 800 families.

包含800户家庭。

The village mayor was our first friend

村长是我们第一个朋友，

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

他很喜欢我们的T恤，这很有帮助。

We focused on making the customers aware,

我们专注于建立顾客意识，

because that's where the change needs to happen.

因为那是需要改变的一点。

The village is already two-thirds along the way

村庄有三分之二的区域已经成为了

of becoming plastic bag free.

无塑料袋区域。

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

我们第一次尝试邀请 巴厘岛政府参加活动时失败了，

So we thought,

所以我们想，

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

“嗯······如果有一百万份签名的请愿书，

They can't ignore us, right?"

他们应该就不会忽视我们了，对吧？ ”

MW: Right!

MW：对！

IW: But, who would have guessed

IW：但是，大家认真算一下，

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

100万个签名， 是不是1000乘以1000啊？

(Laughter)

（笑声）

We got stuck --

我们碰到瓶颈了——

till we learned lesson number two:

直到我们学到了第二课：

think outside the box.

跳脱框架，另类思考。

Someone mentioned

有人曾经说过

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

巴厘岛机场每年要处理 1600 万人次的出入境旅客。

MW: But how do we get into the airport?

MW：但我们怎么才能进到机场里面呢？

And here comes lesson number three:

所以就有了第三课：

persistence.

坚持。

Off we headed to the airport.

我们前往机场，

We got past the janitor.

我们通过门卫，

And then it was his boss's boss,

然后去找他的上级的上级，

and then the assistant office manager,

然后是办公室经理助理，

and then the office manager,

然后是办公室经理，

and then ...

再接着······

we got shuffled down two levels and thought,

我们没成功，又向后退了两步， 我们想道，

well, here comes the janitor again.

好吧，我们又回到门卫这里了。

And after several days knocking on doors

经过了几天的敲门

and just being kids on a mission,

一直以小孩子的身份进行任务，

we finally got to the commercial manager of Bali airports.

我们最终找到了巴厘岛机场 的商业部经理，

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

然后我们向他讲演了 “巴厘岛的塑料袋”的内容，

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

他人很好，他说， （模仿他的声音） “我都不敢相信自己要说什么，

but I'm going to give authorization

我要授权给你们，

to collect signatures behind customs and immigrations."

你们可以在海关及移民局后面 收集签名。”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

(Applause)

（掌声）

IW: In our first hour and a half there,

IW：我们在那里的头一个半小时，

we got almost 1,000 signatures.

就已经拿到快1000个签名了，

How cool is that?

很酷吧?

Lesson number four:

第四课：

you need champions at all levels of society,

你需要社会各界精英的帮助，

from students to commercial managers to famous people.

从学生到商业经理到名人。

多亏了格林学校强大的吸引力，

And thanks to the attraction of Green School,

we had access to a steady stream of celebrities.

让我们一直有名人可以访问。

Ban Ki Moon taught us

潘基文让我们懂得了

that Secretary-Generals of the United Nations

联合国秘书长

don't sign petitions --

是不会签请愿书的——

(Laughter)

（笑声）

even if kids ask nicely.

即使我们小孩子好好地请求。

But he promised to spread the word,

但他答应要传递这些讯息，

and now we work closely with the United Nations.

现在我们跟联合国合作地相当密切。

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

MW：珍·古道尔让我们懂得了， 一个人的网络力量。

She started with just one Roots & Shoots group

她是从一个叫“根与芽”的团体开始的，

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

现在她在全世界有4000个团体。

We are one of them.

我们是其中之一。

She's a real inspiration.

她真的很能鼓舞人心。

If you're a fellow Rotarian,

如果你是扶轮社的一员，

nice to meet you.

很高兴见到你。

We're Interactors,

我们是社友，

the youngest department of Rotary International.

我们组成了国际扶轮社 最年轻的部门。

IW: But we have also learned much about patience,

IW：我们也学到很多关于耐心的东西，

MW: how to deal with frustrations,

MW：如何处理挫折，

IW: leadership,

IW：领导力，

MW: teamwork,

MW：团队合作，

IW: friendship,

IW：友谊，

MW: we learned more about the Balinese and their culture

MW：我们也学到更多的关于 巴厘岛人民以及他们的文化的东西。

IW: and we learned about the importance of commitment.

IW：我们也学到了承诺的重要性。

MW：过程并不总是顺利的。

MW: It's not always easy.

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

有时候，要实践你说过的话 确实会有点困难，

IW: But last year, we did exactly that.

IW：但在去年，我们真的做到了。

We went to India to give a talk,

我们去印度演讲，

and our parents took us to visit

然后我们的父母带我们去拜访

the former private house of Mahatma Gandhi.

以前圣雄甘地的私人住所。

We learned about the power of hunger strikes

我们学到了绝食抗议的力量，

he did to reach his goals.

他的确达成了他的目标。

Yes, by the end of the tour,

是的，就在旅行结束前，

when we met our parents again,

当我们再次与父母亲碰面时，

我们两个做了相同的一个决定 并跟他们说，

we both made a decision and said,

"We're going on a hunger strike!"

“我们要绝食抗议！”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

MW: And you can probably imagine their faces.

MW：你们大概可以到想像到 他们惊讶的表情。

It took a lot of convincing,

我们说服了好久，

and not only to our parents

不只我们的父母，

but to our friends and to our teachers as well.

还包括我们的朋友及老师。

Isabel and I were serious about doing this.

伊莎贝尔和我都很认真看待这件事。

So we met with a nutritionist,

所以，我们跟一位营养师碰面，

and we came up with a compromise

然后我们达成了共识，

of not eating from sunrise to sunset every day

每天日落到日出都不吃东西，

until the governor of Bali would agree to meet with us

直到巴厘岛政府愿意见我们

to talk about how to stop plastic bags on Bali.

来讨论如何阻止在巴厘岛上使用塑料袋。

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

IW：我们的用印度语叫做 “mogak makan”的绝食抗议，

started.

开始了。

We used social media to support our goal

我们运用社交媒体来支持我们的行动，

and already on day two,

就在第二天，

police started to come to our home and school.

警察就到了我们的家里和学校。

What were these two girls doing?

这两个女孩在搞什么？

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

我们知道我们不能藉由绝食抗议

来要求政府做事——

by doing this food strike --

we could have gone to jail.

这样我们可能会坐牢。

But, hey, it worked.

但是，你看，有效了，

Twenty-four hours later,

24 小时之后，

we were picked up from school

我们从学校被带走，

and escorted to the office of the governor.

然后被护送到政府办公室，

MW: And there he was --

MW：而他就在那——

(Applause)

（掌声）

waiting for us to meet and speak,

在等着跟我们见面说话，

他全力支持和感谢

being all supportive and thankful for our willingness

to care for the beauty and the environment of Bali.

我们对巴厘岛的环境与美丽 所付出的努力和关心。

He signed a promise

他签署了一项承诺，

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

来帮助巴厘岛人民“向塑料袋说再见”。

And we are now friends,

现在我们是朋友了，

and on a regular basis,

而且我们还定期地

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

提醒他及他的团队他所承诺的事。

And indeed,

而且真的，

recently he stated and committed

最近他公开表示并承诺，

that Bali will be plastic bag free by 2018.

到2018年，巴厘岛将会是个 无塑料袋的岛。

(Applause)

（掌声）

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

IW：而且，我们的支持者之一， 巴厘岛国际机场

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

计划在2016年前完成无塑料袋政策。

MW：别再分发免费的塑料袋了，

MW: Stop handing out free plastic bags

and bring in your own reusable bag

携带自己的可重复使用的袋子，

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

是我们下一个要改变大众观念的讯息。

IW: Our short-term campaign,

IW：我们的短期活动，

"One Island / One Voice,"

“同一座岛，同一个声音”

is all about this.

就是关于这些的。

We check and recognize the shops and restaurants

我们会检查并认证 哪些是由它们自己申明的

that have declared themselves a plastic bag-free zone,

无塑料袋区的商店与餐厅，

and we put this sticker at their entrance

然后我们会在他们的入口处 贴上这个贴纸，

and publish their names on social media

并在社交媒体及巴厘岛重要的杂志上

and some important magazines on Bali.

公布他们的店名。

And conversely,

反之，

这样就会凸显那些没有贴纸的店家。

that highlights those who do not have the sticker.

(Laughter)

（笑声）

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

MW：那么，为什么我们一定要 告诉你们这些呢？

Well, partly, it is because we are proud

好吧，其中一部分原因是

of the results that, together with our team,

我们对我们一起合作 所达成的这样的成果，

we have been able to reach.

感到很自豪。

But also because along the way,

但也有部分原因是，

we have learned that kids can do things.

我们学到了小孩也能做有意义的事。

We can make things happen.

我们能让事情成真。

Isabel and I were only 10 and 12 years old

伊莎贝尔和我开始做这件事的时候

when we started this.

分别只有10岁和12岁。

We never had a business plan,

我们从来没做过商业计划，

nor a fixed strategy,

我们没有固定的策略，

nor any hidden agendas --

也没有隐瞒的议程——

just the idea in front of us

我们仅仅有我们眼前的一个理想，

and a group of friends working with us.

以及一群和我们一起奋斗的好伙伴。

All we wanted to do was stop those plastic bags

我们要做的就是要 停止这些塑料袋

from wrapping and suffocating our beautiful home.

继续包围破坏我们美丽的家园。

Kids have a boundless energy

对于做世界需求的改变者，

and a motivation to be the change the world needs.

孩子们有无穷的能量和动力。

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

IW：所以我们想给在这个美丽又充满挑战的 世界上所有小孩一句话：

go for it!

去做吧！

Make that difference.

去做些不一样的事。

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

我们不会告诉你这会很简单。

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

我们会告诉你，这很值得。

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

我们小孩子虽然仅占 世界上25%的人口，

but we are 100 percent of the future.

但我们才是100%的未来。

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

MW：我们仍有很多事要做，

but know that we still not stop

但即使知道如此，我们也不会停下来，

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

直到您抵达巴厘岛机场时，被问 到的第一个问题是：

Both: "Welcome to Bali,

两人：“欢迎来到巴厘岛，

do you have nay plastic bags to declare?"

你有要记录的塑料袋吗？”

(Laughter)

（笑声）

Om shanti shanti shanti om.

唵镶锑镶锑镶锑唵。 (愿宇宙万物和平)

Thank you.

谢谢！

(Applause)

（掌声）