How Do We Plan For Albany’s Growth - Live at the Albany Public Library

About this Episode

After a two-month break, PGAP returns with a live recording of the Albany community forum: “How do We Plan for Albany's Growth: Perspectives on Degrowth and eco-friendly design.”

This event was coordinated by the Albany Community Environment Centre (ACEC) to address the ‘big picture issues’ impacting many of the single-issue conservation campaigns impacting one of Australia’s fastest growing regional cities.

PGAP host Michael Bayliss was one of three panelists at the event, including Julie de Jong, director of H+H Architects, and Paul Kotsoglo, town planner.

Michael Bayliss and Julie de Jong

The three panellists spoke to the following forum questions:

• Is it possible to plan for Albany’s future growth so that the lessons learnt from the Yakamia experience are not repeated?
• Is future growth possible without impacting further on our natural environment or social amenities?
• If not, is it time we rethink Albany’s growth altogether?

Paul Kotsoglo

Lynn MacLaren, MC

Response and feedback from forum attendees demonstrated an appetite for broader discussions on questioning growth, including Degrowth principes and population policy.

All three presentation were recorded live at the event, now on PGAP for posterity. We are also pleased to provide a link to Michael’s speech script and Paul’s slides, both available from the PGAP blog.

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Time stamp:

Start to 00:05:50 - Introduction
00:05:50 to 00:32:38 – MC Lynn MacLaren and first speaker, Julie de Jong
00:32:38 to 00:34:36 – First intermission
00:34:36 to 00:56:26 – Second speaker, Paul Kotsoglo
00:56:26 to 00:58:36 - Second intermission
00:58:36 to End – Third speaker, Michael Bayliss