Here's to the UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador, ocean advocate and pioneer swimmer Lewis Pugh, in his quest to drastically reduce single-use plastic items in our daily lives ... Read More

South Africa's No.1 restaurant is transforming its must-visit The Test Kitchen into a Drought Kitchen for a reduced-water dining experience ... Read More

A solution to the current crisis is to take ongoing measures to ensure that we live both water-wise & considerate lives … irrespective of climate change challenges ... Read More

An incredible anti-poaching rescue program in Africa has proved that rescued dogs have the ability to help fight the global war on animals ... Read More

Sculptor Dylan Lewis has moulded 7 hectares into an undulating landscape that mirrors the contours of Stellenbosch Mountain towering above it, and displays his sculptures to perfection ... Read More

Spring bursting out of it's little buds in the Southern Hemisphere, it is particularly joyous in Africa with the stark landscape contrasts ... Read More

To know elephants is to fall in love with them. It seems unthinkable that wild elephants should disappear. How can we make sure it doesn’t happen? ... Read More

Guess which African giant a humble bee can deter? ... Read More

Waste Not, Want Not: Sustainable cooking tips from South Africa’s most famous culinary export & Michelin Star star, Jan Hendrik van der Westhuizen ... Read More

A striking contemporary chapel in South Africa created as an inclusive space where people of all religions can find spiritual connection ... Read More

If you followed the Africa Geographic Photographer of the Year's weekly summary, you'll be delighted to see who the 2017 winners are! ... Read More

Decanter recognizes South Africa’s reputation as a world class wine producer & Chelsea Flower Show awards it a gold ... Read More

https://youtu.be/ezrSjeteMpg You've seen so many images of Cape Town's iconic Table Mountain - which IS a World Heritage Site with ... Read More

This smile-inducing list of ''Signs That You’ve Been to Africa'' got us wondering what your take home impression of Africa is? Please share it with us on our Facebook page ... Read More

South Africa is home to nearly 10% of the world’s plant species ... hence its theme at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show in London, the most prestigious flower show in the world ... Read More

Fed up with being treated like a human safari during township tours in Cape Town, some ''locals'' responded. See how the ''privileged'' reacted ... Read More

Africa has something for everyone. Landscapes as diverse as its animal kingdoms. See these images from bone-dry deserts to iconic urban skylines ... Read More

Other than massive investment in Africa’s mines, China is also a big market for elephant tusks & rhino horn, which has driven poaching to alarming heights ... Read More

David Attenborough "probably has done more than any single individual to crystallize for the world why taking climate change seriously is a moral and an existential imperative" ... Read More

The Cape Town Flower Show showcases sustainability within urban living & celebrates the Cape’s floral bounty & beauty ... Read More

The idea is simple and elegant: use green tourism to fight poverty. Compassionate capitalism, creating a socio-economic shift that will change realities forever ... Read More

PARK(ing) Day is an annual, open-source global event to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into temporary public places, or 'parklets' ... Read More

Do you want to pat/walk/feed a lion cub or ride an elephant? Look at the bigger picture ethically & see what happens to the animals long after you've left ... Read More

Take a spring-filled garden tour that showcases South Africa's unique floral abundance & travel around The Cape Peninsula with its staggering 2,285 flowering plants ... Read More

When on safari .. Look Up! There’s a good chance the stars will be brighter in Africa than they are wherever you’re from - & Look Down! for the 'Little Five ... Read More

A secluded garden that's a little piece of paradise, a ‘window’ onto South Africa's fascinating biodiversity and gateway to the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve ... Read More

Cape Town is one of the world’s top places in which to ''be & see'', but don't just take our word for it, see the accolades and awards the city has received ... Read More

''The future of wildlife is in our hands” is the theme of this year’s UN-sponsored World Wildlife Day. We need images that inspire us to care and act to save our planet ... Read More

A new take on long distance travel - expressly for sex, where it's not the journey that matters, it's the destination! ... Read More

Acclaimed sculptor Dylan Lewis' garden expresses the deep seated themes of his work, including the notion of an 'untamed wilderness' ... Read More

Cape town is listed as one of only five places around the world to view penguins in their natural habitat ... Read More

The indelible imprint left by human beings on Earth has become so clear that it justifies naming a new geological epoch after itself ... Read More

In South Africa we urgently need to stamp out the cruelty around animal rearing industries once and for all ... Read More

Think globally, Act locally. Gift a tree this Festive Season & give an everlasting gift to someone less fortunate in a barren and dusty settlement ... Read More

''There are stories out there of solutions, hope, and leadership. Stories that can build a sustainable future, when we come together to protect what we love. That is what Hōkūle'a has always done'' ... Read More

Shining a light on the best of the best, these awards aim to surprise & inspire tourists & the tourism industry by what it is possible globally ... Read More

Don Pinnock, in his latest article ‘Proof trophy hunters don’t save a single animal’ asks a series of tough questions ... Read More

Kalk Bay is a quaint fishing village on the coast of False Bay, loved by both locals and visitors alike. This creative haven has plenty of great restaurants, coffee shops, galleries and an assortment of quirky shops from second-hand antique stores to unique local designer stores ... Read More

its World Food Day. Let's consign hunger & malnutrition to the dustbin of history. And forge a society that protects the right to access of food ... Read More

How smelly seeds outsmart dung beetles! A deceptive piece of evolution and one of the best examples of biomimicry for seed dispersion anywhere in the world ... Read More

It’s springtime in South Africa and the Western Cape is spectacular beyond dreaming, with the flower mecca of Postberg in the West Coast National Park a mere hour's dive away ... Read More

See why The Cape Floral Kingdom is the world’s richest natural garden. What‘s not to brag about our botanical treasure chest? It’s unique. And called ''fynbos'' ... Read More

Cape Town's Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden voted tops by the International Garden Tourism Network (IGTN) in Toronto, Canada ... Read More

A deserved recognition for Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden's popular treetop walkway, aka The Boomslang! This favourite experience for locals & tourists alike has just received this top vote from Design Indaba Expo 2015 ... Read More

What the world can learn from Nepal's achievement: zero poaching for 365 days - twice! And for Africa's sake, let's hope that the Asian appetite for rhino & elephant can be diminished ... Read More

Tanzania to evict 40,000 Maasai pastoralists from their ancestral land so that the royal family of Dubai can hunt big game ... Read More

What a striking timeline of the Cape’s rich craft and design heritage - a must see exhibition currently on display at the V&A Waterfront's just-opened Watershed ... Read More

... blending urban culture with the great outdoors - the top of Table Mountain can feel as pristine as when the Dutch first pitched up in the early 17th century ... Read More

The Keiskamma Art Project is part of a wider thrust to rejuvenate and restore a landscape and a people fractured ... Read More

Avaaz.org is a 38-million-person global campaign network that works to ensure that the views & values of the world's people shape global decision-making ... Read More

Urban or city farms aren’t a new concept, globally. You can find them on rooftops in Bangkok, San Francisco and London ... Read More

Botswana's Okavango Delta is Africa's last remaining wetland wilderness, a 3,000 square mile patchwork of floodplains, channels, lagoons & thousands upon thousands of islands ... Read More

''Boomslang'' - the National Botanical Garden’s walkway, in all its architectural magnificence, looks like it's been part of the forest forever ... Read More

Congratulation to No Man’s Land, designed by Charlotte Rowe for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, with a Warhorse puppet & its handlers stealing the show on press day ... Read More

Kirstenbosch is a name that resonates around the world as the home of a uniquely rich flora in a setting ... Read More

Kirstenbosch highlights SA's ecological infrastructure & shows the harmony between nature, architecture and biomimicry ... Read More

The Oranjezicht City Farm is a catalyst for relationship building, nutrition, health, treading lightly on the planet and seeing another way to be in the world ... Read More

The Keiskamma Kuru Exhibit at the 2013 Kirstenbosch Biennale is a botanical display based on the medicinal and traditional use of plants of southern Africa ... Read More

Kirstenbosch Gardens are a refuge for the Cape's Floral Kingdom & its diverse descendants who have shaped history from Stone Age man to Khoi herders & colonialists ... Read More

They are models of sustainable agriculture and assert everyone's right to good, clean and fair food ... Read More

Milestone year for Kirstenbosch Garden, along with the Chelsea Flower Show, where it's just won its 33 gold medal ... Read More

ONE is a grassroots advocacy and campaigning organization that is asking for your voice. Change starts with you. Join ONE. ... Read More

Follow the path of wild elephants who paid loving homage to their friend Lawrence Anthony - the ''Elephant Whisperer'' ... Read More

It comes as a shock to learn that the African penguins at Boulders Beach face a daily battle for survival - and their numbers are in precipitous decline ... Read More

South African plant bounty goes global ... and endemic flora graces the world's medicine chests and grocery cupboards ... Read More

''Tracks of Giants'' is a journey across southern Africa to raise awareness of conservation needs by following ancient elephant migration paths on a 5-month, west to east adventure through 6 countries ... Read More