Blanche Verlie

Jo-Anne McArthur/We Animals

January 28, 2025

As the Black Summer megafires neared, people rallied to save wildlife and domestic animals. But it came at a real cost

Danielle Celermajer, University of Sydney; Anna Sturman, University of Sydney; Blanche Verlie, University of Sydney; Freya MacDonald, University of Sydney, and Natasha Heenan, University of Sydney

When authorities fight fires, they focus on human life and property. But animals are part of communities too – and disaster preparation should reflect this

Dan Himbrechts

August 8, 2024

Clive Hamilton says dreams of a safe climate are ‘wishful thinking’ – but the young and the vulnerable will keep fighting

Blanche Verlie, University of Sydney

In the book Living Hot, Clive Hamilton and George Wilkenfeld argue humanity should stop trying so hard to reduce emissions, and adapt instead. But we must do both.

Young people, like teen activist Izzy Raj-Seppings, have directly participated in prevention and emergency relief efforts this bushfire season. Joel Carrett/AAP

January 21, 2020

Bushfire education is too abstract. We need to get children into the real world

Briony Towers, RMIT University; Annette Gough, RMIT University, and Blanche Verlie, University of Sydney

One problem with the Australian Curriculum bushfire content statements is that they are relatively abstract and detached from children’s lived experiences.

Smoke is blanketing Australia’s most populated city, making it impossibly to ignore the reality of climate change. Joel Carrett/AAP

December 11, 2019

Now Australian cities are choking on smoke, will we finally talk about climate change?

Blanche Verlie, University of Sydney

Fuming, burnt out, drained. Can our smoky cities spark a change in the political atmosphere?

The government intends to destroy Djab Wurrung sacred trees and sites to upgrade the Western Highway at the same time as it seeks heritage status for the Eastern Freeway. Allies Decolonising/gofundme

August 22, 2019

What kind of state values a freeway’s heritage above the heritage of our oldest living culture?

Libby Porter, RMIT University; Amaara Raheem, RMIT University; Blanche Verlie, RMIT University; Bronwyn Lay, RMIT University; Marianne Jago, James Cook University, and Mick Douglas, RMIT University

The Victorian government plans to destroy trees and sites sacred to Djab Warrung people to make way for the Western Highway at the same time as it seeks heritage listing for the Eastern Freeway.

Sixteen year-old Greta Thunberg inspired global climate change school strikes. Stephanie Lecocq/AAP

March 14, 2019

The terror of climate change is transforming young people’s identity

Blanche Verlie, RMIT University

Facing up to the horror of climate change can help us work towards a more sustainable culture. Young people are leading the way.

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