Corinna

What’s the last thing you ate?

An orange (from the garden.) Do want one, actually, please take some we have heaps…

Last thing you Googled?

Chernobyl. Mum wanted to watch it and she was like, “It’s not on Netflix?!” So I had to sort that out for her…

You’re working as a cleaner right now, how are you finding it?

Yeah, the people are nice but I work with bleach every day which is awful for the environment and humans. I’d like to be able to breathe properly in the future, you know? And it’s boring. And also, this makes me so mad, we had a big meeting and I raised that we use too much single use plastic. They were just like, “Oh well [in our policy] we used to have 5 principles and we added a 6th principle – the planet!” Well, great, but what are they actually doing about it? It’s just talk. 

Do you think politicians are any better at fighting climate change?

The government doesn’t care about climate change, they just want re-election. It’s getting to the point where it feels like what’s the point of fighting? No one in a position of power uses it for good.

Your parents have been married for 25 years now, do you feel lucky they’re still together?

Yeah, it’s quite sad how rare it is that they’re still together. Out of my three closest girlfriends, two sets of parents have broken up already. That’s shit. And what’s the point, that’s disrespectful of the institute of marriage. I’ll get married, sure, but not divorced.

Are you and your parents close? 

Yeah…I probably wouldn’t talk to them if I was stressed about money or whatever because that’s my problem. But I could sit them down and say that I’m struggling mentally and they’d get it. Well, Dad wouldn’t because he grew up in Communist Germany and they didn’t have those things. But you know, we could talk. I’m low maintenance though. Whatever it is I’ll be over it tomorrow.

What keeps you up at night?

Climate change. And the fact that no one is doing anything AT ALL about it. I’m reading a book about it right now, did you know that by 2050 the ocean will contain more plastic by weight than fish?

So the adult response here would be to tell you to go into politics to make change. Are you involved in local politics?

No. Because no one likes politicians. They just talk out of their arses. I saw this quote, probably on Instagram that says, “People used to laugh at comedians and listen to politicians, now people listen to comedians and laugh at politicians.” Sad sis, but fucking hell it’s true

Can you sum up your future in one word?

Eager.

And a few more words?

I booked my ticket to Canada to go work on the snowfields and now I’m waiting. I dropped mates off at the airport yesterday and now I’m like, “I’m so so ready to go!”