PlanningxChange 124: Better Public Toilets with Katherine Webber

Katherine is a social planning practitioner with over 14 years’ experience working for a range of government and non-government organisations in Australia and the Pacific. Katherine has considerable experience in developing and implementing community plans, programs and policy to improve social inclusion and participation. Katherine was awarded the 2018 Rodney Warmington Churchill Fellowship to increase inclusion and accessibility in public toilets by researching taboos, design, policy and legal barriers. The Churchill Fellowship consolidated previous work with planners, institutions and community members identifying public toilets as essential to support the participation of a wide section of our communities. Photos of many toilets Katherine has visited are documented via Instagram @Public_Toilets_Anonymous. Katherine appears on Youtube talking about her work. Discussion mentions the film ‘Perfect Days’ which is set amongst Tokyo’s public ‘art’ toilets ( Mention is also made about Singapores ‘Happy Toilet Program’ ( For podcast extra / culture corner, Katherine recommendations ‘Birnam Wood’ by Eleanor Catton She also recommends the ‘Public Toilet’ app. Jess recommends outsourcing at home in times of stress relying upon the ‘diner lady’. Pete recommends the ‘Transit maps’ app, and secondly, YouTube Premium. Audio production by Jack Bavage. Podcast released on 7 December 2024.

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This episode was published on Dec 7, 2024.

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