I am always on the lookout for truly green destinations to get away from the tyrannies of modern life. Who doesn’t need to go to the mountains to reconnect with oneself through Nature?

When future archaeologists peel back the layers of our history, will they uncover the Landfill Era?

When business and civil society join hands for positive change that is when the real magic happens in this country.

What is the true cost of carbon to the world and to our continent?

Stretching across the heart of South Africa, the Karoo has stirred emotions for centuries, a stunning semi-desert wilderness that draws artists, hunters and the toughest of farmers.

The George Municipality recently won the Eco-Logic Municipality Award at the ceremony held at Maropeng.

Africa's biggest wind farm began production in Ethiopia on Saturday, aiding efforts to diversify electricity generation from hydropower plants and help the country become a major regional exporter of energy.

Over the past year there was a 9.3% increase in plastic recycling in our country.

Twelve miles out to sea from the severely damaged and leaking nuclear reactors at Fukushima, a giant floating wind turbine signals the start of Japan’s most ambitious bet yet on clean energy.

Could the fungus-gardening activities of leafcutter ants teach humans how to produce sustainable biofuels?

Dubai, the Arab emirate often compared to a teenager because of its youth, breakneck growth and profligate use of resources, is to dramatically change its ways in an attempt to show the world that it can develop into an environmentally mature nation in just a few years.

The Cape Flats, covered by about 2.7 million hectares of invasive species, including Australian acacias, is also home to about 22 million birds, an MSc student from Stellenbosch University found recently.

The Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Rejoice Mabudafhasi, announced the 2013 winners of the Water Conservation and Water Demand Management Sector Awards in Joburg earlier this month.

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) will enter the 2014 Sasol Solar Challenge with a brand-new vehicle, the Parhelion, currently under construction.

Climate change is increasing the probability of extreme bushfire conditions, a report by Australia's leading climate change advisory body has found.

The next solar training course aimed at PV plant installers is scheduled for next weekat the Solar Training Center SA in Potchefstroom.

Greyton Transition Town (GTT) is bringing the communities of Greyton, Genadendal and neighbouring villages together to find local solutions to the global challenges of climate change and peak oil.

By 2100, the world’s oceans will be warmer and more acidic, with less dissolved oxygen and lower yields of fish and shellfish. And that will make life very difficult for up to 870 million of the world’s poorest people who rely on the sea for food, jobs and income.

The Amazon rainforest is more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than first thought, US researchers say.

The City of Cape Town issued fines totalling R105 700 in a multi-agency, city-wide operation targeting dumping, environmental crime and other by-law contraventions.