In Africa, and South Africa, more than 50% of families have probably found themselves unable to provide enough food for their families, at some time during the last year. Our children are going hungry.

The green supermarket rolled up their sleeves this Mandela day to help communities and celebrate ten years of service to vulnerable communities.

The Hastings Urban Farm project seeks to improve community health in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood through increased access to fresh & nutritious vegetables, naturalized spaces, gardening educations and hands-on skills training.

The quintessential three R’s of waste management – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – have been given a makeover. ‘Rethink’ has been added to the popular slogan.

The Wastewant Youth Recycling Co-Operative Limited is a youth owned operation that aims to keep youth off the street and facilitate their development by creating jobs for disadvantaged young people.

Wanted: school hostels, feeding schemes, or community gardens in the Boland that want to dispose of their large volumes of garden refuse or leftover food in a “green” way, and in addition also wish to reap the economic rewards of their efforts.

At 8.30pm on 23rd March 2013, billions of people across the globe will switch off the lights for one hour. Earth Hour is the world’s largest public environmental action, acknowledging a commitment to go beyond the hour with actions that benefit the planet in the year ahead.

The 4-day PRASA entrepreneurship course took place at the Tsitsikamma National Park, and covered aspects ranging from the technicalities of recycling and waste collection to business management skills.

Hunger and poverty go hand in hand. Every cent saved could mean a lot to a starving child; so reduction of fuel costs could mean the difference between going to bed without food or having a meal.

Khayelitsha's BM section was ravaged by fire on New Year's Day, leaving 800 shacks destroyed and more than 4000 people displaced.

For those still unfamiliar with the odd sounding acronym EWSC, it stands for Energy and Water Secure Communities, which is a programme that (of course) focuses on water and energy security, particularly for poor communities.

What is it is to be human in our world of today and be able to care for and to become guardians of our earth, instead of only users and plunderers of its gifts?

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has released Africa's first status report on urban gardening. According to the report, policymakers need to act now to ensure that African cities will be "green" enough to meet their nutrition and income needs in a sustainable way.

The local fishing community in Thiaroye, Dakar, now really has a reason to dance. Since the new Senegalese government took action to stop overfishing, fisheries in the region are slowly regenerating, and fishermen are returning home with healthier catches, writes Mike Baillie.

A fracking rally held in Nieu Bethesda dispelled the perception that community opinions are divided along racial lines.

Community members expressed their anger about their lack of access to safe and clean water and decent sanitation during a memorable community dialogue at Woza Moya on World Water Day.

Project Lulutho is enhancing its cooperation with other civil society organisations this July to give rural teachers, students and youth-at-risk the tools to better their lives.

A deadly tornado hit the town of Bethlehem in Free State South Africa on Saturday leaving at least eight people dead, many others injured and several buildings damaged or destroyed.

An environmentally-focused Holiday Club program is inspiring young people and adults to have fun and change the world, while practicing environmental stewardship.

“If the bulldozers come my wife must look for another husband because I will fight to the end…”