Joss Garman
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Joss Garman (born 1985) is a British environmental and humanitarian campaigner who has worked as a campaign leader for Greenpeace UK, and as a director of The Syria Campaign. At the Institute for Public Policy Research he worked as associate director for energy, transport and climate change[http://www.ippr.org/people/staff/joss-garman IPPR] before becoming adviser to the UK Shadow Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change Lisa Nandy MP.
Education
Born in Radnorshire, Mid-Wales, he attended his local comprehensive school before going on to read Politics at SOAS, University of London.[http://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2008/10/garman-greenpeace-movement New Statesman]
Family
His father, David Garman, was the inventor of the world's first bath lift and in 2015 was appointed an OBE for services to the healthcare industry.[http://www.mangarinternational.co.uk/uk/index.aspx Mangar {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703112600/http://www.mangarinternational.co.uk/uk/index.aspx |date= 3 July 2009 }}[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/new-year-honours-2015-leading-8363889 Wales Online]{{cite web |title=Guides mentor Judith Ann Walters gains New Year MBE |website=BBC News |date=30 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417235138/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-30633297 |archive-date=2019-04-17 |url-status=live |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-30633297}}
Activism
In August 2007, ahead of the Camp for Climate Action, Garman was named in a High Court injunction by airport operator BAA in a bid to prevent environmental protests at Heathrow.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091204192011/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/livingstone-fights-stupid-heathrow-protesters-ban-459810.html Livingstone fights 'stupid' Heathrow protesters ban – UK Politics, UK – The Independent]
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Category:Alumni of SOAS University of London
Category:British environmentalists
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