The climate catastrophe.
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Fatima Bhutto
Pakistani writer
That to-do list I am supposed to get through but can’t summon the energy for in these weird, distracted times.
Oti Mabuse
South African dancer
Too much energy.
An exciting idea. I usually write for an hour or so, and then I go to sleep.
Shirley Manson
Scottish singer and songwriter; lead vocalist of Garbage
Climate change. That is the single most important calamity in the making that I obsess over.
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I was brought up Catholic, to believe that marriage is for life. And we failed.
I sometimes wish I had had the courage to be a politician – but I made the decision to be a human rights defender instead. I realised I cannot be both at the same time, because they may be incompatible.
More sleep, less stress.
Walking in the rainforest with my mother, back in Nicaragua. She loved it, and inspired me to devote much of my life to protecting the environment.
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