The Taliban shot 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai in the head for her education activism. But she survived, helped win education for all girls in Pakistan, and will address the UN in 3 days asking leaders to agree to put every child on the planet in school.

Training and education are vital for moving towards a green economy, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said at the Green Economy National Youth Summit in Cape Town.

A new course is aimed at unlocking the opportunity for ongoing cross-sector engagement around key sustainability issues and responses.

The competition, called the WESSA Eco-Schools Waste to Wealth Competition is sponsored by Waste to Wealth, an NPO dedicated to educating communities about the thinking and action behind turning waste to wealth.

Thousands of educators are attending workshops across the country, learning how to develop healthy and sustainable school environments that are conducive to learning.

This 12-day Permaculture Design Course, facilitated by Jamie Shepherd, is run as a Correspondence Course, which includes practical and interactive weekends where you can practice what you've learnt.

UCT professor Ralph Hamann says complex social and environmental problems can only be addressed if business integrates an understanding of their socio-ecological context in strategy making and execution.

The future of South Africa’s electricity – will the country be able to afford electricity in the near future and what is being done about minimising electricity consumption?

A public lecture by guest international speaker, David Bartlett, shone light on a new project to make the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) campus the first ‘smart campus’ in Africa.

With the growing awareness of a changing energy future and the need for professionals trained in this field, it is good to know who the reputable training organisations area.

The CAN DO! Trekking for Trash duo, Camilla Howard and Michael Baretta, have reached the halfway point of the their seven month, 3000km trek across South Africa’s shoreline picking up litter and educating local communities about the importance of looking after the environment.

The more we learn about the human-induced critical declines over the past 100 years in the life supporting biological systems, which gradually developed on our planet over the past 4 billion years, the easier it is to slide into a place of hopelessness.

Green skills are key to South Africa's ability to respond expediently and prompty to the immediate challenges of energy efficiency, water shortages, carbon emmissions and job creation. What our young people need to know is how to access the relevant training for the future.

Sleep in sturdy tents with carpeted floors and thick mattresses, eat heartily from the gas and electricity supplied camp kitchen and clean up in the tented hot water showers and flush loos... and that's just the beginning.

These events bring great local bands, DJs, comedy and theatre to entertain. With competitions, a healing space, green kids area, permaculture gardens and an open-mic wind and pedal-powered stage.

The Sustain our Africa Youth Summit was held last month at the V&A; Waterfront. 187 eager learners from 4 of Greenpop’s top performing beneficiary schools came out for a day of green learning.

Both online and live sustainability training classes are now available to you and your organisation.

Earlier this year, 3 recycling projects were launched in the Eastern Cape, which have received support via the provision of equipment for their operations.

Sustainability is fast becoming the most vital focus area of businesses seeking to remain competitive and remain "ahead of the curve."

Last month, a groundbreaking workshop was held in Joburg, bringing together key entrepreneurs who all shared one goal: changing the face of recycling in the Gauteng region.