On 26 June 2013 CO2 in the atmosphere rocketed to 400 parts per million, partly due to emissions caused by human actions.

This year's YES Environmental Drama Festival was held at the Baxter Theatre last week. Participating schools and the audience were asked to examine electricity consumption and safety.

An oil spill has prompted evacuations from one of Thailand's most popular tourist spots. Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi said his country was ill-equipped to properly contain the leak.

"This is the worst incident of vulture poisoning in KZN that I have seen in the 12 years I have been working with birds of prey in the province,” said Ben Hoffman of Raptor Rescue.

Australia’s legendarily irresponsible mining industry has a new plan: while the planet faces catastrophic climate change, build the world’s largest coal mining complex, and then build a shipping lane to that port straight through the greatest ecological treasure we have - the Great Barrier Reef!

The Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) and the Green Pilgrimage Network expressed their deepest sympathies for the pilgrims and their families and friends who died or were injured in the terrible train crash just outside this holy place this week.

Mountains of waste are arising in our country, while the bulk of our nation is not recycling their waste yet, let alone minimising it.

Green innovation really gives us hope for the future. This week we discovered a nifty new way of printing, which saves you half your ink and toner.

Collection of breadtags and yoghurt tubs made from high impact polystyrene will now be co-ordinated with a click of a button, with collection of expanded polystyrene soon to follow.

Projects supporting California’s hydrogen fuel cell infrastructure will see a hefty boost thanks to more than $18 million in grant funding, the state’s Energy Commission announced this week.

Is it worth my while to select Ultra Low Grade Diesel (50ppm) for my vehicle, or is this simply clever marketing?

In the midst of a dry winter, Sue and her family take it upon themselves to rid Foxglove Farm of their resident alien trees and make compost for the months ahead.

The 4th National Energy Barometer Survey (NEBS) is open for building benchmarking.

The rapid rate of urbanization around the globe has heightened the urgency of addressing sustainable development challenges, according to a new UN report.

The Miss Earth South Africa organisation recently planted 95 trees at Solwazi Primary School in Orange Farm ahead of Mandela Day, honouring the former statesman with one tree for every year of his life.

Nedbank Menlyn Maine, a 4-star rated green property in Pretoria, South Africa’s first ever ‘green’ precinct, was officially opened earlier this month.

Ocean conservation pioneer Dr. Carl Safina and an international team of scientists, artists and educators recently set forth on a marine debris expedition to the giant rotating ocean current that is the North Pacific Gyre.

Balancing the climate change issue with sustainable energy and the threat of carbon shortage is no easy task for South Africa, but carbon trading might just help.

The melting of the Arctic icecap has become so fast and so certain that researchers can now confidently predict when the ocean will become ice-free, to within four years.

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