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pilgrimage, I have decided, no, I’m going to get

really involved with this. Funnily enough, despite
seeing the travesties that our collective species is

tacitly or not, deliberately or not, imposing on the
environment, I feel a desire to respond to it.
That’s an unexpected outcome of the pilgrimage.

For now, the social side of things is really
impacting on me … I thought … without an

environment that is healthy and sustaining for
humans, there’s no point talking about social

issues, because we all rely on our environment for
our survival … But being back in Grahamstown

since the pilgrimage and seeing the divisions in
the haves and have-nots in terms of the

fundamental resources required for life, and
seeing how the people who were struggling so
badly already are struggling even more now … a

lot of thinking about this distinction between

different areas, and access to the privilege of

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