Noisy tourist boat engines can be stressful for whales. But on La Gomera, one of Spain's Canary Islands, a company is letting the animals decide for themselves how close to get to tourists.

German researcher Andreas Hemp discovered the 81-meter tree on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro 20 years ago. Now he's fighting to save it from the illegal logging rampant across the mountain.

Recycling is on the curriculum in Nigeria, where the #WeSeparateWaste project is teaching why waste management matters and showing pupils how to get creative with trash.

The endangered African penguin is facing increased danger due to marine pollution. But conservationists are trying to protect the last of their kind on the few remaining breeding grounds in Southern Africa.

Kenyan environment minister Judi Wakhungu discusses environmental conservation, protecting wildlife, and how the country’s energy sector is making use of innovative green technology.

Sick of your phone running out of battery? Now you can use a mini water turbine to charge it up. With the invention already a success in India, the German engineer behind it now has his sights set on the African market.

Without access to clean drinking water, millions of Ugandans buy water in plastic bottles, resulting in mountains of trash. In one village, women have found a way to turn the empty bottles into a building material.

Protecting biodiversity and ensuring sustainable food production: that’s Joshua Konkankoh’s mission. Meet the man behind Bafut, Cameroon’s first eco village, home to ‘holy forests’ where certain trees cannot be felled and certain species must be protected.

On the 50th edition of eco@africa, the UN’s new Deputy Secretary-General explains how a local approach to environmental protection can encourage communities to take care of nature.

Sick of your phone running out of battery? Now you can use a mini water turbine to charge it up! The German design is already in demand from African communities wanting to generate their own hydropower.