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| Full name | Laura Jane Baldwin | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 January 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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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. [3]
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]
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