Venue: Trebartha Apartments

Leaders: Tom Waddell and Bob Sutton

Tom Waddell is a former judge of the Supreme Court of NSW and Acting judge of the Land and Environment Court. Tom has been concerned about environmental problems since the 1970s and has spoken on the subject at the Universities of Sydney and NSW and on the ABC. Bob Sutton, retired engineer (teaching) has been a member of the now Australian Solar Energy Society since the 1970s and is currently president of its NSW branch. He has served on the Tasmanian Premier’s Energy Advisory Council. For four years, he worked in energy management.

Fridays 15 October – 3 December, 10.00am – 12.00 noon (eight sessions)

The first four sessions, led by Tom Waddell, will discuss the book THE HOT TOPIC: How to tackle global warming and still keep the lights on (Revised and updated in 2009), by Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King (Publisher: Bloomsbury). Walker is an experienced environmental journalist and Sir David is the recently retired Chief Scientist of the UK and current Director of the New School for Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University. These sessions will take the form of a study and discussion group. Members should read the book (available from the City of Sydney Library, bookshops, or online (at a discount, with no charge for mailing from www.bookdepository.co.uk ) before taking part. Discussion and interaction will be encouraged at all stages. .

The next four sessions, led by Bob Sutton, deal with personal, community and central responses to global warming which relate to energy supply and use. They will start with the overall situation, followed by easy-to-achieve solutions and then the more difficult ones. They will cover government plans, energy conservation measures, non-carbon electricity generation, transport, novel engineering solutions to global warming and Australia’s potential to be a renewable energy exporter. We have asked for a representative of the City of Sydney Council to lead one of these sessions on the measures being taken and planned for by the City to deal with global warming.

Maximum number: 30

Venue: Ozanam Learning Centre

Leaders: Jill Yates and Ted McKeown Jill and Ted were both, for many years, practicing lawyers, but are now retired. They draw on long experience providing estate management advice to clients.

Wednesdays 20 October – 10 November, 10.00am – 12.00 noon

The course will begin with general discussion about the necessity of organising your affairs and the desirability of reducing your wishes to writing, including some general discussion of the kinds of documents we mean and some ‘war stories’ about what can happen if you do things wrong (or right).

Participants will be provided with a detailed estate management questionnaire, and guided on its use. This can be taken home for participants to consider in detail in relation to their individual circumstances. If participants wish, individual sessions will be scheduled at the end of the course to go through the questionnaire with one of the presenters.

The course will provide detailed discussion of specific legal issues such as wills, powers of attorney, “living wills” or advance directives, enduring guardianships, superannuation and pensions. However, no specific legal advice will be provided. Instead, participants will be able to make an informed judgement about whether they need to seek professional advice, and what to ask for if they do.

Maximum number: 12

Venue: Trebartha Apartments

 Leader: Mary Tang

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