Where before was poverty and hunger, now Cape Town has urban farmers who not only provide for themselves, but also provide local organic produce for other Capetonians.

At the World Food Garden Map, food gardeners can share their gardening tips and learn about what grows well in their locations. You can zoom in on the map to see who else is gardening in your area, and what they're growing.

These amazing low tech ovens are perfect for saving energy and money. Here's how to cook with them, where to buy them and how to make them.

Travelling by public transport is good for your health and good for the planet, and it doesn't have to be complicated. There can also be some unexpected benefits to commuting.

In a world where wild spaces are being threatened by oil and gas drilling, unchecked development, irresponsible recreation, logging, and global warming, the Sierra Club have launched a campaign to protect 52 wild places.

A London electrical retailer have decided to spread the word about recycling light bulbs, and to recycle all light bulbs brought to them, for free.

Sir John Houghton CBE FRS was co-chairman of the Scientific Assessment for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 1988-2002.

These are not the little, simple things that are easy to incorporate into your lifestyle. These are the BIG things that really make a huge difference. Do you want to have a tiny little carbon footprint and live as if we only have one planet between us?

Switching to low energy bulbs is the right thing to do. It saves energy and it saves money on electricity. The tricky thing is, what to do with the old light bulbs that you've removed.

One of the major issues, or myths, surrounding carbon offsets is that it allows people and companies to pollute and then, just for a few dollars, "balance it out."