Natalie Bennett

Natalie Bennett was leader of the Green Party of England and Wales from 2012 to 2016, then entered the House of Lords in 2019 as Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle, one of her party’s two peers in the upper house.

In these roles, she has travelled the country speaking at public meetings, in schools, colleges and universities, and hearing about the many great grassroots efforts being made to tackle our polycrises.

She has degrees in agricultural science, humanities and social science, reflecting her passion for joined-up, systems thinking, rather than reductionist, 20th-century-style approaches.

She was previously editor of the Guardian Weekly, chief sub-editor on the Bangkok Post, a volunteer at the Thai National Commission on Women’s Affairs and a reporter for various regional newspapers in her native Australia.