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"We had a lesson in class about positive world leaders, change makers like Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Lady Diana, and I remember at the ages of 10 and 12 we went home thinking about what we could do as kids from an island.We didn't want to wait until we were older to stand up for what we believe in.So they didn't. They founded, instead, an organization called Bye Bye Plastic Bags, an NGO driven by young people determined to get the population of Bali to say no to plastic bags.In their TED talk, they sisters noted that only 5 percent of plastic bags get recycled in Bali, but the island produces 680 cubic meters of plastic garbage a day -- the equivalent of a 14-story building.As that date approaches, the girls have been promoting on Bali the use of reusable bags and highlighting shops that have stopped selling plastic bags on their social channels.Along the way, they've had other successes, such as Bali's largest ever beach cleanup, which attracted 12,000 volunteers.We didn't want to wait until we were older to stand up for what we believe in.So they didn't. They founded, instead, an organization called Bye Bye Plastic Bags, an NGO driven by young people determined to get the population of Bali to say no to plastic bags.