City Limits - Ageing in Place and High-Rise versus Heritage

Wednesday, 24 May 2017 - 9:00am to 10:00am

On this episode we interview founding president of the Waverton hub, Helen L'Orange on helping older people stay in their own homes for as long as possible. We also chat to Michael Hamil-Green who is involved in the campaign against the proposed 19 storey high-rise residential development at the old Pentridge Prison in Coburg.

Adrian Whitehead from  Community Action for the Climate Emergency (CACE) also joins us to talk about two upcoming climate emergency forums. The first is on May 29 at Fairfield Climate Emergency Forum from 6.30-8.30 and the other is on June 1st at Alphington Bowls Club, also from 6.30-8.30pm. All details can be found on the Community Action for the Climate Emergency facebook page.

For those interesetd in learning more about Helen's work, you can access the Waverton Hub website at www.wavertonhub.com.au. Helen can also be emailed at helen.lorange@bigpond.com


Wednesday 9:00am to 10:00am
Urban environment issues, analysing government services, both federal and state and local campaigns.

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Kevin Healy, Zeb Peake & Karina Aedo-Aguilera

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