Each step of the clothing life cycle generates potential environmental hazards. But the Clothing Bank in South Africa is trying to reduce clothing trash through their efforts at repairing, mending and recycling.

Marahoue National Park is in big trouble. Settlements, poaching and logging have led to the loss of 90 percent of its forest cover. Now an NGO is trying to show communities how to live sustainably in order to save the park.

Two social entrepreneurs are bringing back the old tradition of producing handmade books to Ethiopia. Using waste paper and old canisters, they are making eco-friendly products and supporting local school children.

In Burkina Faso, a new project is trying to stave off hunger. The international project makes a super soil called 'Terra Preta' which is then used as a fertilizer and leads to higher yields. One ingredient for this wonder: recycled sludge from sewage treatment plants.

Water is already scarce on Cape Verde, a small island nation off Africa's west coast. As climate change exacerbates the problem, what can the country's government do about it?

What if you could turn your Google search into a tree? A Berlin-based enterprise is doing just day by turning each click into money that is then donated to reforestation projects.

Two Australian surfers are on a mission to stop plastic pollution in the ocean. They've developed a floating trash can that filters and collects garbage that has made its way into the sea.

For the people of Totope on Ghana's coast, climate change is very real. Almost half of their village has been swallowed up by the ocean. But they are not the only ones facing rising sea levels.

Rwanda's wildlife is under threat from hunters and habitat loss. One biologist is hoping honey and holidaymakers can make a difference.

Poachers have their eyes on the grazing elephants at home in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro. But neighboring Maasai and the African Wildlife Foundation are teaming up to protect the animals.