Laura Baldwin | |
Full Name: | Laura Jane Baldwin |
Nationality: | British Australian |
Birth Date: | 17 January 1980 |
Laura Jane Baldwin[1] (born 17 January 1980) is a British sailor who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics sailing the Europe dinghy.[2]
Baldwin is a member of the World Olympians Association's Environment Committee. She is the Founder of "Portland 4 the Planet" a Transition Town group. Baldwin is in the Green Party of England and Wales's Executive Campaigns Committee and is in her town's council climate action working group.[3]
In November 2020, Baldwin joined Champions for Earth.
In 2020, Baldwin joined Ocean Rebellion protests against cruise ships moored off Weymouth during the global COVID-19 pandemic.[4] She is a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion.[5]
In October 2021, Baldwin was part of a group of Extinction Rebellion activists blockading the entrance to Fawley Refinery in Hampshire, alongside fellow Olympian Etienne Stott.[6]
In 2023, she campaigned against the proposed Portland Port waste incinerator.[7]