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campus and having some water and electricity, and
being off campus and having no water and no
electricity. … The pilgrimage has heightened that,

and I did expect, on the pilgrimage, to feel kind of

a renewed sense of depression and despair,
hopelessness, there’s nothing we can do … seeing

devastation that I was already quite familiar with
through my own personal story and research. But,
actually … after the pilgrimage, I don’t feel like

that. I have got a renewed sense of … desire to, be

a bit more active in speaking about particular
issues, which surprises me because I thought my
energy would be depressed. For example… a fish
farm in the sea … was proposed by DAFF and this

was rejected a couple of years ago successfully. I

was part of that appeal process. This year it has
resurfaced … And before the pilgrimage, I had

decided just to step aside [but] since the

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