Amelia Leavesley

Graduate Researcher, Urban Sustainability, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne

Environment

Opinion

Are cheap plastics the new tobacco?

Understanding ‘tobacco tactics’ can help fight the global plastic waste crisis, because the reality is plastic production is growing faster than we can recycle it

Politics & Society

Is this the world’s coolest street? Or is the system rigged?

Melbourne, Australia – or at least one of our streets – has topped yet another global ranking, but what does it mean to be officially ‘cool’ and who decides?

Environment

Liveable Melbourne a blessing amid weary lockdowns

Melbourne’s COVID-19 lockdowns have been among the longest in the world, but Melburnians can be grateful for and protective of their highly liveable city

Environment

City climate leadership a model for sustainability

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals give us a global blueprint, but our cities have a key role to play in transformative change