Dave Copeman

Dave Copeman

Department:

Queensland Conservation Council

Role:

Advisory Committee

Topics:

  • Communities in transition
  • Nature based solutions

Geographic Coverage:

Queensland

BIO

Dave is an experienced campaigner and community organiser who has spent 20+ years organising for social change in Queensland.  He has been the Director of Queensland Conservation Council since 2021, and loves to push Queensland to be a climate and biodiversity leader, not a laggard. He was the founding lead organiser of the Queensland Community Alliance, and before that has worked as a union, human rights and pro-democracy campaigner and a political advisor. Dave's family have worked for generations to protect Queensland's natural wonders as environmental activists. He is committed to building people power to change Queensland and lives in Brisbane with his partner and two kids.