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Our economic system, run for profit and waste and based primarily on the extractive industries, is the cause of climate change. We have wasted the earth's treasure and we can no longer exploit it cheaply.

Vivienne Westwood

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Vivienne Westwood
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 8
Businessperson
Designer
Fashion Designer
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Derbyshire
Vivienne Isabel Swire
Dame Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood
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