Climate change decreases appetite for children

The fact that people are consistently and fiercely committed to preserving nature is respectable. But environmental protection can also take radical forms. Some activists do not even shy away from human self-sacrifice to save the world.

I routinely switch on the news radio as I drive down the street. I fall into the middle of a conversation. I hear the presenter ask her studio guest, “Did you suffer from birth shame?”

Expecting my second child while 29 years old. As a young woman, living in the centre of Rome, I am an exception. Many people compliment me, others are interested in why I made this choice, but many consider it irrational.