Daniel Spencer (environmentalist)

Daniel Spencer is an Australian climate activist, originally from Renmark in the southern Riverland region. He has held prominent leadership roles in the Australian Youth Climate Coalition, the Repower Port Augusta campaign and the Walk for Solar. His work has focused on promoting a vision and building community support for the replacement of the coal-fired power stations at Port Augusta with a concentrated solar-thermal power generation alternative.[1]

In 2012, Spencer received the Bob Brown Foundation's inaugural Young Environmentalist of the Year award[2] and was recognized by the Conservation Council of South Australia with the Jill Hudson Award for Environmental Protection.[3] In 2013, he received the Flinders Ports Environment Award at the Channel 9 Young Achievers Awards in South Australia.[4] Spencer appeared in documentary films focusing on climate change and activism, including Revolution and 2 Degrees and is also a musician, songwriter and lead singer for the roots reggae band Babylon Burning.[5]

Spencer currently works at the South Australian branch of the Australian Services Union.

References
  1. Spencer, Daniel "Meet Australian climate activist Daniel Spencer" New Internationalist Blog, Australia (2012-10-26). Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  2. Darby, Andrew "Bob Brown lauds next generation" Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia (2012-09-28). Retrieved 2014-04-03.
  3. Transitions Film Festival > 2012 > Speakers Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine Transitions Film Festival, Melbourne, Victoria. Accessed 2014-04-03.
  4. Awards Australia > South Australia Young Achievers Awards > Words from Winners. Accessed 2014-04-0
  5. Babylon Burning > The Band Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. Babylon Burning, South Australia. Accessed 2014-04-0
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