Graduate Environmental Program

Melbourne has been ranked in the top ten “Global Sustainability Centers” by New York-based Ethisphere.com. A key feature of the ranking is that a large city region should have “a plan in place that will shift their bulky, mega-hub selves onto an environmentally sustainable path”. The criteria include consideration of -and progress in – environmental planning, health service provision, education, arts & culture, and transport systems. London, Toronto, and New York also figure in the top 10. The City of Melbourne plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to make a 40 percent reduction in overall water use by 2020.