The rollout of the Let's Respond toolkit kicked off with several introductory workshops coordinated by the South African Local Government Association (SALGA).

Rapid urbanisation, climate change and businesses are impacting negatively on the Western Cape environment, said officials this week in a public report highlighting these challenges.

This is the first government building in South Africa to achieve a 6 Star Green Star SA rating from the Green Building Council of South Africa.

Earlier this month, the Provincial Government of the Western Cape celebrated the first anniverary of their 110% Green initiative on World Environment Day in Khayelitsha... and found themselves pelted with human feces by members of the ANC Youth League.

Something terrible is happening in Turkey. It all began at a peaceful demonstration against deforestation of 80-year-old trees in a park (Gezi Parki) located in Taksim Square, when the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan refused to listen to objections by protesters.

The aim of the soon-to-be-launched National Biodiversity and Business Network is to assist businesses from various sectors to integrate and mainstream biodiversity issues into their strategies and operations.

“Local government is doing more than we think, but they are not doing enough,” said Lorena Pasquini, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cape Town, in her lecture ‘Hot, or Not: Local Government and Climate Change Adaptation.’

The end of the world? No, the world isn't falling apart, as you might have read lately, but those structures and institutions supporting it as we knew it: capitalist markets, civilized norms, personal autonomy, global cooperation, and democratic processes.

The Minister of Finance Pravin Gordhan gave the Budget Speech for 2013 in Parliament late last month. Problems such as sluggish economic growth, a widening budget deficit, declining tax revenues and higher debt levels all weighed heavily on the choices the Treasury had to make in the R1.06-trillion budget.

China has announced it will establish a carbon tax by adding CO2 to the scope of existing environmental levies.

Do you know how local governments are greening up and developing their sustainability endeavours? If you're like most people, you don't, so read on to change that.

There is one area of the Ecuadorian Amazon that is so pristine that the whole ecosystem has been preserved and even jaguars roam free! But the government is now threatening to go in and drill for oil.

Government hypocrisy on major energy projects is fueling climate change and placing populations at risk, Greenpeace International said as it released a new report revealing the alarming threat posed by a planned massive global increase in emissions from coal, oil and gas projects.

Imagine opening a newspaper and reading that across the world fish stocks are recovering, forests are growing back, droughts and extreme weather events are declining and carbon dioxide levels are dropping. That’s what John Elkington describes when asked to imagine what real progress on sustainability would look like.

Power supplier Eskom is breaking more environmental laws than any other state corporation, according to the latest National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report.

The Biodynamic Agricultural Association of Southern Africa has invited all members and friends to contribute to an Open Letter to the Minister of Agriculture regarding GMO’s.

A new book was launched recently to help local government officials and city managers adopt renewable energy systems.

By now most readers will know that some 75 homes burnt to the ground in a raging fire in St Francis Bay over the weekend. As sad as it is to consider, this is a crisis that has been waiting to happen.

Last month, sub-national biodiversity summit Cities for Life was held to take stock of progress since the previous Cities Biodiversity Summit at the CBD COP 10. The latest tools, initiatives and networks illustrated the value of bringing nature back into cities.

Switzerland's Urban Agriculture Network Basel was founded two years ago to promote the goal of agriculture in the city.