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The activist: In retrospect I would consider my attitude at the beginning of this project as being a bit of an activist. My first hand experiences left me provoked and critical to the current situation. My dialog was dominated with talks with Bellona and influenced by their strong opinions. This provided me with the energy to navigate through rapports and literature to find the research I have given you a short version of so far. My focus was mainly on the environment, and people suffering under these disasters. Through this phase I worked with the mindset that our oil spill response needed to go through a fundamental rethinking. But one major challenge I faced was through realizing that this project would in all likelihood only produce dreaming concepts of the future unless I found a way to connect these ambitions with the existing situation.
Def: activism noun, the policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change.
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