RUSH! is Tamsin Omond's candid account of becoming a radical activist and spokesperson for climate change and feminism. In 2009, she set up the movement Climate Rush, and has been regularly involved in high-profile campaigns, like the Heathrow Runway protest and famously being arrested for climbing atop the Houses of Parliament as she lobbied Gordon Brown. In a world where we are all too aware of running out of natural resources, and climate change has hit the headlines with a vengeance, Tamsin is finding a way to motivate politicians and governments, as well as a large mass of citizens, to the fact that it is imperative that a serious hold it put on our consumption, and climate change is worked into the political and economic agenda.

While shadowing a priest in a North London parish, Tamsin Omond started to read climate change data and environmental writers. Searching for a spiritual haven, and a way of marrying pastoral work with social change, Tamsin was drawn into radical activism. She tells of her subsequent arrests and prison experiences, and the unusual childhood that influenced her path.

RUSH! will be published to widespread publicity ahead of the G20 Climate Summit in December 2009.
Reviews

"This is a brilliant book about the making of a political activist. For anyone who has ever dreamed of turning their frustrations and beliefs into practical action - this is for you."
Rosie Boycott

"The climate crisis needs a response from across society if we are to get our governments to take the urgent action necessary to curb spiralling greenhouse emissions. This story about one woman's decision to be part of the solution rather than the problem will hopefully inspire many others to similar levels of creativity, commitment and protest."
Caroline Lucas - Green Party MEP