The world’s first pedal-powered cinema, specially adapted for screening films in the field, is being used in Africa and Asia to help raise awareness about great apes and their forest habitats. Inspired by a sustainable, affordable and innovative way of bringing environmental films to communities without access to electricity, Madelaine Westwood provides the solution – the [...]

President Macky Sall of Senegal has received the ‘Excellence in National Stewardship of the Ocean‘ award in the annual Peter Benchley Ocean Awards. The Benchley awards program is dedicated to recognizing excellence in ocean conservation solutions across a wide range of categories including science, policy, media, youth and citizen activism.  The awards celebrate exceptional efforts leading to [...]

Following the international Rio+20 Earth Summit that took place in Brazil last month, a large number of sustainability commitments were made by a variety of organizations, countries, communities and businesses globally. To keep track of these commitments and to make following up on them easier, the National Resources Defense Council has created the Cloud of [...]

Opening up energy markets to private sector investment through the introduction of smart government policies is key to unlocking Africa’s massive renewable energy potential, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The UNEP Finance Initiative report entitled ‘Financing Renewable Energy in Developing Countries: Drivers and Barriers for Private Finance in sub-Saharan [...]