Dating back to the 1970’s and the emergence of the environmental movement in the US, multi-national corporations were schooled to trivialize environmental viewpoints.

What happens to fish if you throw empty plastic bags in a river? Why is it wrong to litter? How many different types of plants exist in my community, and which ones can I plant to provide me with food?

I am back in South Africa and more than ready to tell everyone about my experience on the Five Gyres expedition from Walvis Bay to Uruguay.

While you are enjoying a yoghurt snack from a plastic tub at home, there are a group of people embarking on an arduous cruise on our oceans to monitor how plasticly polluted it is.

GlobeScan (an international public and stakeholder opinion research firm) and SustainAbility, (a think tank and business strategy consultancy) have recently conducted a survey poll on Water and listed the 19 best solutions to the global freshwater crisis from their findings.

Acid mine drainage is the single biggest threat to the environment in South Africa, and potable water sources in the Witwatersrand basin are being contaminated. When underground mining extends below the water table, water must be pumped out.

In 2007 a group of concerned Hout Bay residents created the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). This environmental action group focuses on creating awareness of how and why we should responsibly manage our waste.

Approximately 2000 plastic chemical drums & not flax? are sold weekly in the eThekwini district to an unsuspecting public, who then use them for collecting and storing drinking water or brewing traditional beer ' leading to a potentially lethal concoction.

Companies should take note of a new trend, dubbed 'pre-cycling' as it highlights a fundamental shift in consumer values.