In the Midlands of Kwazulu-Natal, a small team is rehabilitating unique wildlife. With no funding from the government or municipality, they need all the help that they can get.

Over the centuries, nature had to overcome every obstacle that we humans are also faced with today. How to transport liquids, colour things, cure illnesses, fix objects to all surfaces - to name but a few.

The eyes of the world will be focused on the health of our oceans when World Oceans Day is celebrated on Friday, 8 June.

"Life, by its very presence, is apparently creating, and maintaining, the special conditions necessary for its own survival."

Many of our readers would have heard of the organic gardening technique ‘companion planting’. Some of you may be confidently planting according to this method; others may be hard and fast sceptics. This final article in the ‘Stoep Harvest’ series will explain the ideas behind companion planting and give a list of examples for you to try in your garden.

South Africa has been nominated for the Future Policy Award, an international award that this year celebrates solutions for ailing oceans and coasts.

Coinciding with World Environment Day, the government of Indonesia, in cooperation with a number of conservation groups, has declared 5 June the start of the International Year of the Rhino.

The Green Lease Toolkit was officially launched at the 44th South Africa Property Owners' Association International Convention and Property Exhibition, in Durban on 30 May 2012.

A French court has declared U.S. biotech giant Monsanto guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, a judgment that could lend weight to other health claims against pesticides.

World Environment Day celebrations mark four decades of continuous dedication to bring environmental awareness into every home on the planet. It also brings the world to a singular moment for ushering in changes to ensure there is no conflict between economic and environmental health.

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has a plan which aims to increase innovation, hope, passion and momentum for action against climate change.

Food security in Southern Africa is under threat. Later this month, the Institute for International Research will present its inaugural Food Security Summit, dedicated to tackling this issue.

With only a month to go before the Namibian seal hunt begins, The Seals of Nam are pulling out all the stops and are urging the Namibian government to end the annual carnage of Cape Fur seals.

With the Rio+20 conference weeks away, the latest round of informal negotiations between governments took place late last month.