Tamsin Omond


Tamsin Omond is a British author, environmental activist and journalist. Omond has campaigned for the government of the United Kingdom to take action to avoid man-made climate change.
In 2009, Omond was included in the Sunday Times list of "Top 30 Power Players Under-30".

Early life and education

Having completed secondary education at Westminster School, Omond graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge, and also has a MA degree in Ecology and Social Justice from the Open University. Omond is the grandchild of Sir Thomas Lees, a baronet.

Campaigner

In 2009, Omond published a book, Rush – The Making of a Climate Activist. Omond has written articles about Christianity, climate change and human rights. They have been published in the Church Times, The Ecologist, The Guardian, The Evening Standard and The Mail on Sunday.
Omond originally campaigned as a member of the activist group Plane Stupid, although they have stated that Omond is no longer part of their group. Omond is 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.
Omond has also organised protests against the expansion of London Heathrow Airport.
Omond later joined the Green Party of England and Wales.
Omond claims that previous activism has been inspired by the Suffragettes, who had campaigned using direct action for Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century. An independent film has been made about Omond's connection to the campaigning techniques of the women's suffrage movement. Omond dressed as a suffragette for an anti-car protest targeting Jeremy Clarkson.

Media profile

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.

National Elections

Omond stood as a candidate in the UK General Elections in 2010 and 2015.
Omond stood in the 2010 General election in the newly created Hampstead and Kilburn constituency. Omond created a new independent party, The Commons, and planned to engage young people in voting and promote sustainability in the local area. It was also praised by journalist Giles Coren. They received 123 votes.
Omond stood in the 2015 General Election in the constituency of East Ham for the Green Party of England and Wales. and came fourth, ahead of the Liberal Democrat candidate, having achieved 2.5% of the vote.