About Melati
World renowned changemaker and speaker Melati has opened the stage for President Barack Obama at the Ziggo Dome (Amsterdam), moderated National Geographic's Sustainability Week (Bangkok), and has her first book coming out in January 2025 published by Harper Collins.
Since founding Bye Bye Plastics Bags, Melati has developed a passion for environmental education and policy change. Other accomplishments include speaking at the UN, co-chairing the World Economic Forum GPAP Committee, sitting on the inaugural Expert Advisory Panel for the Earthshot Prize, and her film, Bigger Than Us, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Building on ten years of advocacy, Melati continues to share what she’s learned since the age of 12 in classrooms, boardrooms and world stages through her company YOUTHTOPIA.