Jamie Osborn Green Party councillor

Jamie Osborn Green Party councillor

Author: Host Sandra F February 7, 2024 Duration: 26:12

After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a degree in English literature, climate activist Jamie Osborn started studying for a Masters in sustainability and behaviour change at the Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales.


But he points out a degree is not the only route into a green career and suggests looking at apprenticeships as a way to get trained and paid at the same time. In fact, apprenticeships are actively promoted by the organisation Jamie works for as a media and communications manager, The MCS Foundation. The foundation has a mission driving postive change towards decarbonising homes, heat and energy.


If that sounds like enough to do, (Jamie's also a dad), at just 24 years old he was elected as a Green Party councillor for Norwich City Council, a role he extended two years later when he also became a Norfolk County councillor.


At the time of recording (January 2024)* Jamie was preparing to stand for The Green Party in the forthcoming general election, aiming to be the member of parliament (MP) for Norwich South. In the ProGRESS podcast he urges younger people to register to vote and says a postal vote is the easiest way to exercise voting rights once registered - it's also free.


*Post-July general election update - Jamie Osborn (Green Party) polled 8,245 votes, second to Clive Lewis (Labour) who polled 21,484 votes in Norwich South.

Link to official result here


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