Bryony Worthington, Baroness Worthington
Bryony Katherine Worthington, Baroness Worthington (born September 19, 1971 in Wales ) is a British environmental activist and Labor Party politician who has been a member of the House of Lords since 2011 .
Life
Bryony Worthington graduated after school a degree in English literature at Queens' College of the University of Cambridge . Then she worked for Raleigh International operates a UK-based aid organization for youth and sustainable development , as well as the mid-1990s in the environmental movement. In 2000, she moved to the environmental protection organization Friends of the Earth , where she dealt in particular with issues relating to climate change .
After she was then assistant at the Department for Environment, Food and spatial development and there on the law of climate change ( Climate Change Act 2008 was involved), she became head of government relations at the power company Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE plc). In 2008, she left this company and founded the non-profit organization Sandbag Climate Campaign CIC , which organizes campaigns to raise public awareness of emissions trading .
On February 2, 2011, she was raised to the nobility as a Life Peeress with the title Baroness Worthington , of Cambridge in the County of Cambridgeshire, and has been a member of the House of Lords ever since . Since 2012, Baroness Worthington, who is also committed to the Weinberg Foundation for the use of thorium- based nuclear energy , has been Whip of the Labor Group in the House of Lords.
Web links
- Entry on Parliament's homepage (accessed on 6 July 2012)
- Entry in They Work For You (accessed July 6, 2012)
- Aims of the Weinberg Foundation
Individual evidence
- ^ Democracy live: Baroness Worthington
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Worthington, Bryony, Baroness Worthington |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Worthington, Bryony Katherine, Baroness Worthington (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician and environmental activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th September 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wales |