South Africa Green Living

The last week in South Africa has reinforced exactly why Castle Lite is switching to brew their extra cold refreshment with...

Living in or near a green space improves mental health, according to A study published in the journal of Environmental Science...

One man's collaboration with UCT aims to improve the lot of shack dwellers...

Tesla is currently working on a battery that can power your home and perhaps help the large-scale utilities to store energy...

The SAB Foundation has named local innovation, Bee-Pak™, a compact bee farming system, as the R1-million prize winner in its...

Hoe lekker! Stap met jou mandjie tuin toe en sit kos vars uit die grond op tafel. Dis nie so moeilik om jou eie kos te kweek...

Locally developed composite beehive propels beekeeping into the 21st Century.

A new solar plant in the arid, sun-blasted Karoo will not only deliver useful energy to the grid, but function as a model of ...

Seed regulation is among the long list of grievances behind the Colombian agricultural strike. For more than two decades ...

Robust, locally developed Novasun hybrid solar water heating system gets set to shine.

There are those who consider the environmental organisation Greenpeace and its Rainbow Warrior ships to be run by lentil-eating...

Invention makes problematic waste part of the solution. Convert waste plastics and old tyres into a variety of fuels to power ...

The biotechnology industry ran a dirty tricks campaign against Dr Gilles-Eric Seralini, professor of molecular biology at the ...

Isn't it time, asks Ian Michler, that we give value to the natural assets of the planet we live on? But, he cautions, perhaps ...

The political 'scramble for Africa' in the 19th and 20th centuries left the continent in tatters. The new scramble for minerals ..

For seven years, in defiance of public opinion, expert advice and even the law, a tenacious band of BEE speculators has stead ...

Building materials are no longer typecast. These green champions have broken new ground and left minimal carbon footprints by ...

The recent death of Kenya's Wangari Maathai has left a large hole in the cadre of African conservationists, says Ian Michler ...

One man builds an eco-friendly home on a budget. Building a conventional home using bricks and mortar is all very well unless ...

Converting landfill gas into electricity boosts our renewable energy mix.

In 2007 the independent organization called the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), under the umbrella of the ...

Fracking has become a dirty word in the Karoo. Shell, Falcon, Bundu and Sasol are being opposed in their quest for shale gas by...

Using one of nature’s humbler creatures, a Garden Route farm is turning waste into wonderful growth products...

bigFIG boss reckons “ours is bigger than yours” and throws down gauntlet to the media industry to play their part ......

It was a graphic designer, rather than a gardener who created the living walls that play a large part in this exciting...

Recent media exposes have raked up the issue of the quality and safety of tap water. How seriously should we be taking these repor

Michelle Garforth-Venter is no stranger to South African television viewers. In recent years, she has become...

By taking over the space in an unused service alley, Brian Green proves that you don't have to have a garden to...

In South Africa we sit with city traffic congestion and high carbon emissions, but while cycling is a fast-growing sport...

Power cuts and an increase in the price of electricity and water have made energy-saving measures...

You might ride to save the planet but you're also saving your brain cells, improving family relations while...

Om groener te leef, is dikwels ook om eenvoudiger te leef. Corné Coetzee het na maniere gaan soek...

Sean Hide's Growatree is a unique way of taking on global warming...

A continent of extremes, Africa has some of the driest landscapes on earth...