For six years, 18-year-old Melati has been fighting against the plastic pollution that plagues Indonesia. Like her, an entire generation is rising up: everywhere, youth and young adults are fighting for human rights, the climate, freedom of expression, social justice, access to education or food. Melati sets out to meet them all over the world. At a time when everything seems to be coming apart at the seams, these young people show us how to live. And what it means to be in the world today.
Melati is 18 years old and has been fighting against plastic pollution in Indonesia since she was a child. On a journey around the world, she meets seven young activists. Like her, they are all fighting for a better future and not only achieving incredible things: they are also completely reinventing their lives and the lives of many others. Mohammad runs a school for refugee children in Lebanon. Memory rescues girls from rape and child marriage in Malawi. Rene gives a voice to the people in a Brazilian favela. Xiuhtezcatl fights against fracking in the USA. Mary saves refugees from drowning in Greece and Winnie shows in Uganda how people can survive with organic farming. How big are the tasks they have set themselves? Will there be enough time? To fight for something is to decide, says Melati: for love and against fear.
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