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Every minute every single day. undaunted, these sisters set out with one goal, a simple step that people could take. five years on, bye-bye plastic bags has grown into a movement working to protect nature on the island of the gods. ♪ ♪ >> bali does have sort of enchantment to it. >> i think it is a magical place to grow up here. >> our house is really close to the ocean and surrounded by the rice fields, the forest. >> living so close to nature, i think that really established a bond with mother earth from a very young age. my sister and i, we always would go on adventure ands go out there...

Me as a compahost. we visited the indonesian island of bali. in this paradise with its lush forest, and beaches and rice fields, nature surrounds these sisters and when they began noticing plastic pollution ever where, these children got to work. the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic dumped every minute every day. five years on, bye-bye plastic beings has grown into a movement working to protect nature on the islands of the gods. >> bali has a sort of enchantment to it.

I think it is a magical place to grow up here. our house is really close to the ocean and surrounded by the rice fields, the forests. >> living so close to nature, i think it established a bond with mother earth at a young age. >> my sister and i would go on adventures and explore the different wonders. we have old ancient temples, and jungles and mountain ranges. >> the more we explore, we would start seeing plastic. >> it is a serious in-your-face situation here. plastic is a massive issue and really no escaping it. on the beach, the river banks, in the rice fields, it is everywhere. >> mill...

It all comes back to me as the world shifts and tilts. oh yeah. and though i've been looking out a whole lot of hotel windows these days, struggling to figure out where i am, being here, throwing back shots of rice whiskey with these guys, i know i'm back in thailand. [ laughter ] not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it's a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province. tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them have left their mark on the food.

Rescues that were taking place. so, this required just an incredible physical and emotional burden for everybody that was involved. and now people are kind of taking a deep breath and trying to collect themselves physically and emotionally after this incredible ordeal. alex and christine? >> yeah, this rescue mission obviously led by the thai navy s.e.a.l.s, but it was an international effort and really an incredible one at that. ivan, thank you so much. >> even the farmers around there, they're pumping out all that water from the cave system into the newly planted rice fields. those farmers l...