Ian Cohen

Ian Cohen has been a pioneering community-based environmental and social justice activist since 1980, working at local, state and national levels. He is a specialist exponent of non-violent direct actions and community organisation for social change. Ian has fostered a specific interest in the concept of theatre of the environment as an educational and community empowerment technique.

In March 1995, Ian was elected to the NSW Legislative Council as its first Green member. His book, Green Fire, documents the Australian environmental protest movement and can be downloaded here 

He read a poem from this book Dedication to Cedar at the first NSW Parliament Poetry Soiree in 2009.