Many people are worried that the future of the planet is negotiated by politicians who have a mere 5 year term focus and are concerned about keeping their jobs. What we need is people without vested interests who can take a longer view and help navigate the future with more vision and integrity.

What comes to your mind when you think of pollution? Thick black oil smeared on clean ice? Small piping shorebirds strangled by old plastic? According to the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), you should be thinking of something entirely different - cruise ships.

A fracking well blow-up in Canada ought to be seen as a warning shot fired across the bows of fracking in South Africa.

On Sunday a wonderful gathering of families with children and dogs met to challenge the proposal of a major office block set to be built on Chapman’s Peak, estimated to cost around R58 million.

Growing up as a musician in South Africa I witnessed first hand the man-made obscenity that was apartheid and used music to protest against injustice.

Fracking is already harmful to people and the environment, but South Africa has no trained supervisors for fracking operations. This lack of supervisors coupled with a low price of gas will mean companies cut all the corners they can, endangering the country even more.

In November 2011, the National Assembly passed the Secrecy Bill, ignoring a monumental public outcry. It was a sad day for South Africa's democracy, and it became known as Black Tuesday.

Waiting nine years for climate action isn’t just a delay, it’s a death sentence for communities on the front lines of the climate crisis. Yet that appears to be exactly what the US representatives to Cop17 are pushing: delaying climate change action until 2020.

First, Total brought you its new Ultra Low Sulphur in a bid to create cleaner air and improve your car’s catalytic system...

After launching its Ultra Low Sulphur fuel, Total has taken the next step in the quest for a greener planet by profiling ordinary South Africans who share a commitment to protecting the environment.

Calculating and reporting on your business carbon footprint just got much easier and more cost effective with the launch of The Carbon Report’s cloud based offering.

Global greenhouse gas emissions are rising to dangerous levels, and if a global deal to reduce emissions to 1.5 degrees Celsius is not reached soon, Africa will face droughts, submerged cities and coastlines, famines, species extinctions, and many climate refugees.

It’s Saturday morning and eleven year old Amina wears a white uniform –  splattered with crude oil stains. Amina and about 10 other children hold up placards as they lead the way in a protest march against a prominent oil company. Engen Oil Refinery is based in the heart of Merebank and Wentworth, in the South Durban Basin.

When the Climate Train arrived in Johannesburg, Nasrec station earlier this month we all knew we were in for an eventful three days.

Ask the Kliptown youth which million words their pictures tell about and you will see the effects of climate change in their community.

The South African Catholic Bishop’s Conference (SACBC), in association with the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) kick started the SACBC Justice and Peace cycling tour on Wednesday, 9 November.

The Climate Train has made a detour and is stopping over at Bosman Station instead of Centurion from today (Friday, 11 November) until Sunday.

The 2nd International Transport of Dangerous Goods and Environment Conference takes place at the Durban International Convention Centre on 7-9 March 2011.

Earth Hour is the largest mass participation environmental event in the world and every year, WWF encourages people all over the world to turn off their lights for one hour in a symbolic gesture to pledge their commitment to combating climate change.

The nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima plant has added to the massive damage and loss of life resulting from a devastating earthquake and a tsunami.  This nuclear crisis is already being considered as the second worst nuclear accident in history, since Chernobyl.

In its written objection to Shell Exploration Company's application to use hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in its search for shale gas in the Karoo, Treasure the Karoo Action Group (TKAG) has called on the authorities for an immediate halt to any such plans, not only by Shell but by any other organisation seeking similar authorisation.

For the ancient tribes of the world, respect was a fundamental value. They understood that their survival depended on their ability to appreciate life and live in harmony with nature. Sadly, it seems that the more 'advanced' civilisation became, the more it lost the very value needed to sustain its future.

Earthlife Africa and anti-fracking activists are calling for a National Boycot off Shell. This countrywide boikot will start on Tuesday, 17 May and last until the Government bans all fracking or Shell withdraws its application to frack for shale gas in the Karoo. This urgent and important action will start fromt 17 May 2011 and continue until the danger of fracking in this country is halted.

Leading up to the elections Candice Pelser from Project 90x2030 researched the environmental commitments of the mail parties standing in this election. This is a great body of work which will make it easier for us to vote for those who are informed and dedicated to treasuring our natural resources and addressing climate change.

The Naked Option: A Last Resort celebrates the power of an organized group of women! Fueled by the determination for a better future, grassroots women in Nigeria's Niger Delta use the threat of stripping naked in public, a serious cultural taboo, in their deadly struggle to hold the oil companies accountable to the communities in which they work.

Commemorated every year on 5 June, since 1972, WED is a principal vehicle through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment.

The International Executive Director of Greenpeace, the South African Kumi Naidoo, has been arrested and is being flown to Greenland after breaching an exclusion zone and scaling a controversial Arctic oil rig 120km out to sea.

Kumi Naidoo, the global head of Greenpeace, has been deported from Greenland after four days in jail for his part in a month of direct action on Cairn Energy's Arctic oil rig Leiv Eiriksson.