Tamsin Omond

Tamsin Omond (born 19 November 1984) is a British author, environmental activist and journalist. They have campaigned for the government of the United Kingdom to take action to avoid climate change. Early life and education Tamsin Omond was born on 19 November 1984. They were educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. They went on to complete a master's degree in ecology and social justice with the Open University. Climate activism In 2009, Omond's book Rush – The Making of a Climate Activist was published. In 2009 Omond was placed in the Sunday Times's Top 30 Power Players Under-30. They were also placed in 56th place in the Independent on Sunday'''s 2009 "Pink List", a list of the 101 most influential gay men and women in Britain. In 2010, they created a political party called The Commons which planned to engage young people in voting and promote sustainability in the local area. It was praised by the journalist Giles Coren. They received 0.2% of the vote. Omond originally campaigned as a member of the activist group Plane Stupid, although the group said in 2012 that Omond had stopped working with them. They are a founding member of the activist group Climate Rush. They have organised a number of high-profile protests, including scaling the roof of the House of Commons to protest against aviation, for which they were arrested and bailed on the condition that they did not enter Parliament. In October 2008, they breached this condition by organising a 500-person "rush" on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. This led to them being re-arrested and threatened with imprisonment due to their breach of bail. Instead they were then bailed with a strengthening of their bail conditions to ban them from going within one kilometre of Parliament.