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

譯者: 易帆 余 審譯者: Wilde Luo

Melati Wijsen: Bali -- island of gods.

美樂蒂．維森： 峇里島--神明之島。

Isabel Wijsen: A green paradise.

伊莎貝爾．維森： 綠色天堂。

美樂蒂： 或者是 ．．．

MW: Or ...

a paradise lost.

失落的天堂。

Bali:

峇里島：

island of garbage.

垃圾之島。

IW: In Bali,

伊莎貝爾：在峇里島，

we generate 680 cubic meters of plastic garbage a day.

我們一天會生產６８０ 立方公尺的塑膠垃圾，

That's about a 14-story building.

這大約是１４層樓高，

And when it comes to plastic bags,

當涉及到塑膠袋時，

less than five percent gets recycled.

它的回收率是少於５％的。

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

美樂蒂：我們知道塑膠袋 已經改變了你對峇里島的印象，

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

當我們意識到這件事的時候，它也改變了我們的--

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

幾乎所有峇里島上的塑膠袋 最後會流到我們的排水溝，

and then in our rivers

之然後轉進我們的河流，

and then in our ocean.

最後流進我們的海洋。

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

而那些沒有進到海洋的，

they're either burned or littered.

它們不是被焚化就是被亂丟棄掉。

IW: So we decided to do something about it.

伊莎貝爾：所以，我們決定要做些事情，

And we've been working for almost three years now

而且我們現在已經做了三年，

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

嘗試在我們島上的家園， 向塑膠袋說不，

And we have had some significant successes.

而我們有相當顯著的成功。

MW: We are sisters,

美樂蒂：我們是姊妹，

and we go to the best school on earth:

我們在地球上最棒的學校上課：

峇里島，格林學校。

Green School, Bali.

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

格林學校與一般學校不同的地方， 除了它是由竹子建造而成，

but also in the way that it teaches.

還有其教學方式。

We are taught to become leaders of today,

我們被教導成為今日的領袖，

something a normal textbook cannot match.

這是普通的教科書所無法比擬的。

IW: One day we had a lesson in class

伊莎貝爾：有一天， 我們課堂上有一堂課，

where we learned about significant people,

我們在學習有關重要的人士，

like Nelson Mandela,

像是尼爾森．曼德拉、

Lady Diana

戴安娜夫人、

and Mahatma Gandhi.

聖雄甘地。

Walking home that day,

那天回家的路上，

we agreed that we also wanted to be significant.

我們達成一個共識： 我們也想成為重要的人，

Why should we wait until we were grown up

那為什麼我們要等到我們長大時

to be significant?

才能變得重要呢？

We wanted to do something now.

我們現在，就想做一些事。

MW: Sitting on the sofa that night,

美樂蒂：坐在沙發上的那一晚，

we brainstormed and thought of all the issues facing Bali.

我們腦力激盪並思考 峇里島現在所面臨的問題。

And one thing that stood out to us the most

而其中一個對我們而言 最突出的問題就是

was the plastic garbage.

「塑膠垃圾」，

But that is a huge problem.

但這可是一個大問題。

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

所以我們調查我們小孩子 可以實際達成的目標：

plastic bags.

塑膠袋。

And the idea was born.

想法誕生了。

IW: We started researching,

伊莎貝爾：我們開始研究，

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

這麼說好了，我們了解得越多，

there was nothing good about plastic bags.

越覺得塑膠袋 一點好處也沒有，

And you know what?

而且你知道嗎？

We don't even need them.

我們根本不需要它們。

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

美樂蒂：我們對在不同的地方舉辦的 「向塑膠袋說不」的活動

感到極大的鼓舞，

in many other places,

from Hawaii to Rwanda

從夏威夷到盧安達，

and to severals cities like Oakland and Dublin.

還有幾個城市， 像是奧克蘭或都柏林。

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

伊莎貝爾：所以我們把想法轉換成 「掰掰塑膠袋 」的活動。

MW: In the years that we have been campaigning,

美樂蒂：這幾年我們一直在辦活動，

we have learned a lot.

這讓我們學到很多，

Lesson number one:

第一課：

you cannot do it all by yourself.

一個人的能力終究是有限的。

You need a big team of like-minded kids,

你需要有一個 志趣相投的小孩大團隊，

and so we formed the Bye Bye Plastic Bags crew.

所以我們招集了 「掰掰塑膠袋 」組員。

The volunteer team includes children from all over the island,

志工團隊來自所有島上的小孩，

from both international and local schools.

包含國際及當地學校，

And together with them,

跟他們一起，

we started a multi-layered approach,

我們開始一個多層級的接觸，

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

主要是一些線上及線下 的簽名請願書活動、

educational and inspirational presentations at schools

含有教育寓意及鼓舞人心的學校演講，

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

我們也在市場、節慶、 海灘清潔活動上提高大眾的意識，

And last but not least,

最後但同樣重要的，

we distribute alternative bags,

我們分發替換袋，

bags like net bags,

像是網袋、

recycled newspaper bags

回收報紙袋、

or 100 percent organic material bags,

或是１００％有機物質袋，

all made by local initiatives on the island.

全部是當地島上的自發團體製做的。

IW: We run a pilot village,

伊莎貝爾：我們運作 一個式範性的村莊，

home of 800 families.

它有８００個家庭，

The village mayor was our first friend

村長是我們第一個朋友，

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

而且他喜歡我們的Ｔ恤，這很有幫助。

我們專注在建立顧客意識，

We focused on making the customers aware,

because that's where the change needs to happen.

因為它需要發生改變，

The village is already two-thirds along the way

村莊有三分之二的區域已經變成

of becoming plastic bag free.

無塑膠袋的區域。

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

我們第一次嘗試邀請 峇里島政府參加，但失敗了，

So we thought,

所以我們在想，

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

「嗯．．．如果有一百萬個簽名的請願書，

They can't ignore us, right?"

他們就不會忽視我們，對吧？」

MW: Right!

美樂蒂：對！

IW: But, who would have guessed

伊莎貝爾：但，誰要不要猜一下，

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

１００萬個簽名， 是不是１０００乘以１０００啊？

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

We got stuck --

我們卡住了--

till we learned lesson number two:

直到我們學到的第二課：

think outside the box.

「跳脫框架，另類思考」

Someone mentioned

某人提過，

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

峇里島機場每年要處理 １６００萬人次的出入境旅客。

MW: But how do we get into the airport?

美樂蒂：但我們要如何進去機場呢？

And here comes lesson number three:

所以有了第三課：

persistence.

「堅持」

Off we headed to the airport.

我們前往機場，

We got past the janitor.

我們通過看門警衛，

And then it was his boss's boss,

然後去找他的長官的長官、

and then the assistant office manager,

然後是助理辦公室經理，

and then the office manager,

然後是辦公室經理，

and then ...

接着．．．

we got shuffled down two levels and thought,

我們慢下腳步來到下兩層，並想著．．．

well, here comes the janitor again.

好吧，又回到看門警衛這裡了。

And after several days knocking on doors

經過了幾天的敲門

and just being kids on a mission,

以及成為有著使命感的小孩子，

we finally got to the commercial manager of Bali airports.

我們最後找到峇里島機場 的商業部經理，

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

然後我們向他講演了 「全是塑膠袋的巴里島」的內容，

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

他人很好，他說， [模仿他的聲音] 「我不敢相信我要說的話，

but I'm going to give authorization

但我要授權給你們，

to collect signatures behind customs and immigrations."

可以在海關及移民局後面收集簽名 」。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

(Applause)

（掌聲）

IW: In our first hour and a half there,

伊莎貝爾：我們在那裡的頭一小時半，

we got almost 1,000 signatures.

就拿到快１０００個簽名，

How cool is that?

很酷吧?

Lesson number four:

第四課：

you need champions at all levels of society,

你需要社會各層菁英的幫助，

from students to commercial managers to famous people.

從學生到商業管理者到名人。

謝謝格林學校的吸引力，

And thanks to the attraction of Green School,

we had access to a steady stream of celebrities.

讓我們有穩定的名人可以訪問。

Ban Ki Moon taught us

潘基文（韓國外交官、政治家） 讓我們知道，

that Secretary-Generals of the United Nations

聯合國秘書長

don't sign petitions --

不會簽請願書的--

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

even if kids ask nicely.

即使我們好好地請求，

But he promised to spread the word,

但他答應要傳遞這些訊息，

and now we work closely with the United Nations.

現在我們跟聯合國合作地相當密切，

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

美樂蒂：珍．古道爾教我們， 一個人的人際網路的力量。

She started with just one Roots & Shoots group

她是從一個名叫「根與芽」的團體開始，

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

現在她全世界有４０００個團體。

We are one of them.

我們是其中之一。

She's a real inspiration.

她真的很鼓舞人心，

If you're a fellow Rotarian,

如果你是扶輪社的一員，

nice to meet you.

很高興見到您，

We're Interactors,

我們是少年服務團團員，

the youngest department of Rotary International.

國際扶輪社最年輕的部門。

IW: But we have also learned much about patience,

伊莎貝爾：但我們也學到很多有關於耐心、

MW: how to deal with frustrations,

美樂蒂：如何處理挫折、

IW: leadership,

伊莎貝爾：領導力、

MW: teamwork,

美樂蒂：團隊合作、

IW: friendship,

伊莎貝爾：友誼，

MW: we learned more about the Balinese and their culture

美樂蒂：我們也學到更多有關 峇厘島人民及他們的文化。

IW: and we learned about the importance of commitment.

伊莎貝爾：我們也學到承諾的重要性。

MW: It's not always easy.

美樂蒂：它並不總是順利的。

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

有時候，要實踐你說過的話 會有點困難，

IW: But last year, we did exactly that.

伊莎貝爾：但去年，我真的做到了。

We went to India to give a talk,

我們去印度演講，

and our parents took us to visit

然後我們的父母帶我們去拜訪

the former private house of Mahatma Gandhi.

前聖雄甘地的私人住所。

We learned about the power of hunger strikes

我們學到了絕食抗議的力量，

he did to reach his goals.

他的確達成了他的目標，

Yes, by the end of the tour,

是的，就在旅行結束前，

when we met our parents again,

我們再次與父母親碰面，

we both made a decision and said,

我們兩個都做了一個決定並跟他們說，

"We're going on a hunger strike!"

「我們要絕食抗議 !」

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

MW: And you can probably imagine their faces.

美樂蒂：你大概可以想像一下 他們驚訝的表情，

It took a lot of convincing,

我們說服了好久，

and not only to our parents

不只我們的父母，

but to our friends and to our teachers as well.

還包括我們的朋友及老師，

Isabel and I were serious about doing this.

伊莎貝爾和我都很認真看待這件事，

So we met with a nutritionist,

所以，我們跟一位營養師碰面，

and we came up with a compromise

然後我們達成了共識，

of not eating from sunrise to sunset every day

每天日落到日出都不能吃東西，

until the governor of Bali would agree to meet with us

直到峇厘島政府願意見我們，

to talk about how to stop plastic bags on Bali.

來討論如何阻止峇厘島上的塑膠袋。

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

伊莎貝爾：我們的＂mogak makan＂ 印度語的＂絕食抗議＂，

started.

開始了。

We used social media to support our goal

我們運用媒體支持我們的行動，

and already on day two,

就在第二天，

police started to come to our home and school.

警察開始來我們家裡跟學校，

What were these two girls doing?

這兩個女孩在搞甚麼？

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

我們知道我們不能藉由絕食抗議

by doing this food strike --

來要求政府做事--

we could have gone to jail.

這樣我們可能會坐牢。

But, hey, it worked.

但，嘿，有效了，

Twenty-four hours later,

２４小時後，

we were picked up from school

我們從學校被帶走，

and escorted to the office of the governor.

並護送到政府辦公室，

MW: And there he was --

伊莎貝爾：而他就在那--

(Applause)

（掌聲）

waiting for us to meet and speak,

等我們見面說話，

being all supportive and thankful for our willingness

並全力支持感謝我們

to care for the beauty and the environment of Bali.

對峇厘島環境與美麗 所付出的努力和關心。

He signed a promise

他簽署了一個承諾，

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

來幫助峇厘島人民＂向塑膠袋說不＂。

And we are now friends,

現在我們是朋友了，

and on a regular basis,

而且我們有規律地

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

提醒他及他的團隊所承諾的事，

And indeed,

的確，

recently he stated and committed

最近他公開表示並承諾，

that Bali will be plastic bag free by 2018.

峇里島到２０１８年 將不會再有塑膠袋。

(Applause)

（掌聲）

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

伊莎貝爾：而且，我們的支持者之一， 峇厘島國際機場

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

計畫在２０１６年前完成無塑膠袋政策。

美樂蒂：逛街時不要使用塑膠袋，

MW: Stop handing out free plastic bags

and bring in your own reusable bag

並攜帶自己的可重複使用袋，

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

是我們下一個要改變大眾觀念的訊息。

IW: Our short-term campaign,

伊莎貝爾：我們的短期活動，

"One Island / One Voice,"

「一個島／一個聲音」

is all about this.

就是有關於這些事。

We check and recognize the shops and restaurants

我們會檢查並認證 那些申明他們自己是

that have declared themselves a plastic bag-free zone,

無塑膠袋區的商店與餐廳，

and we put this sticker at their entrance

然後我們會在他們的入口處 貼上這個貼紙，

and publish their names on social media

並在社交媒體及重要的峇厘島雜誌上

and some important magazines on Bali.

公佈他們的店名，

And conversely,

反之，

that highlights those who do not have the sticker.

凸顯那些沒有貼紙的店家。

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

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

美樂蒂：那，為什麼我們一定要 告訴你們這些呢？

Well, partly, it is because we are proud

好吧，一部分原因是我們的團隊

of the results that, together with our team,

對我們有能力能達成這樣的成果

we have been able to reach.

感到很驕傲。

But also because along the way,

但也有部分原因是，

we have learned that kids can do things.

我們學到了: 小孩也能做有意義的事，

We can make things happen.

我們能讓事情成真。

Isabel and I were only 10 and 12 years old

伊莎貝爾和我開始在做這件事時，

when we started this.

只有10歲、12歲。

We never had a business plan,

我們從來沒有商業計畫，

nor a fixed strategy,

或者固定的策略，

nor any hidden agendas --

也沒有隱瞞的議程--

just the idea in front of us

僅是我們眼前的一個理想，

and a group of friends working with us.

及一群與我們工作的團隊，

All we wanted to do was stop those plastic bags

我們想做的 僅僅只是停止讓塑膠袋

from wrapping and suffocating our beautiful home.

繼續包圍破壞我們美麗的家園。

Kids have a boundless energy

小孩有用不完的能量，

and a motivation to be the change the world needs.

以及，為世界需要的改變 而努力的動機。

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

伊莎貝爾：給在這個美麗又充滿挑戰的世界上的 所有小孩一句話：

go for it!

去做吧！

Make that difference.

去做些不一樣的事。

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

我們並沒有說這將會很簡單，

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

我們想告訴你的是，它是值得的。

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

我們小孩子雖然僅占 世界上25%的人口，

but we are 100 percent of the future.

但我們才是100%的未來。

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

美樂蒂：我們仍有很多事要做，

but know that we still not stop

但即使如此，我們也不會停下來，

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

直到抵達峇厘島機場時， 被問到的第一個問題將會是：

Both: "Welcome to Bali,

"歡迎來到峇厘島，

do you have nay plastic bags to declare?"

你有塑膠袋要申報嗎？＂

(Laughter)

（笑聲）

Om shanti shanti shanti om.

（印度語）願宇宙萬物和平。

Thank you.

(Applause)

謝謝！

（掌聲）