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Episode 29: Artivism for Ocean and Climate Action

Meet Amy Harff, she is a Force of Nature consultant, climate researcher and artist. She was recently selected to be a Youth Ambassador for the UN Ocean Decade, where she led workshops and gave speeches to over 2,000 participants aboard the Peace Boat. In August 2023, she completed the prestigious T…

Melati Wijsen: Navigating Advocacy With Courage & Compassion

Melati Wijsen is an activist and a change-maker who is the Founder of YOUTHTOPIA, an organization that focuses on providing the tools needed for young people to be change-makers. Before YOUTHTOPIA, Melati Co-Founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags with her sister Isabel. Since starting Bye Bye Plastic Bags, b…

Melati Wijsen: Cultivating High Agency Traits, Youth-washing at Climate Conferences, and Why Welcoming Change is Always Possible

World-renowned change-maker from Bali, Indonesia, Melati Wijsen has dedicated half of her life to creating a positive impact in her community. Since founding Bye Bye Plastic Bags at the age of twelve with her sister Isabel, Melati has developed a passion for environmental education and policy chang…

WHAT ABOUT ACTIVISM? A force for change or fuel for resistance? | Ft. Clover Hogan

Activism is often defined as the act of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change. But in practice, it takes many forms and means different things to different people. For many – especially younger generations – activism isn’t just a choice; it’s a necessity, driven by fr…

This Message Is for the Youth Who Want to Change the World w/YOUTHTOPIA (Lily Lim & Freya Hore)

Welcome to Compassiviste Dialogues. I'm Ali, your host, and my mission with this podcast is to shed light on critical social and environmental issues worldwide, exploring avenues for positive change. Today we’re celebrating International Youth Day by speaking with Lily, co-founder of YOUTHTOPIA, a…

106. Go-create: Counting down to Gothenburg!

The countdown to the EAIE 2025 Conference and Exhibition in Gothenburg has begun! Between 09 and 12 September 2025, many topics within the world of international higher education will be discussed during sessions, networking events, informal gatherings, and the opening and closing plenaries. As we …

How Schools Can Grow Young Changemakers | A Conversation with Melati Wijsen

Melati Wijsen started Bye Bye Plastic Bags at age 12, spoke at the UN as a teenager, and never went to university, yet she is now teaching at three universities and shaping how a generation thinks about leadership and change. This episode is a conversation about what happens when a school genuinely…

Education Leaders LIVE | April Reflections

April was a packed month on the Education Leaders podcast. Five episodes, four guests, and a thread that quietly ran through all of them: the value of small, listened-to, incremental change. Chris Scorer joined me for our monthly live show to make sense of it all. Here's what landed. Listening befo…

How to start over in the world of changemaking, with Melati Wijsen

"We had no idea what the word activism was. It was just doing the right thing, at the right time, for the right reasons." Melati Wijsen was 12-years-old when she helped say “bye bye” to plastic bags in Bali. A decade on, she's channelling that same energy somewhere new: classrooms. In Season 3, Ep…

Melati Wijsen

I’m so excited to bring you a conversation with an extraordinary young woman who has dedicated her life to helping the world. I first met Melati Wijsen at the launch of her book, “Change Starts Now – 100 Lessons from a fulltime changemaker”. Soon after, I was lucky enough to see Melati speak to an…