In Mozambique, an NGO is advocating for recycling while also providing employment for marginalized groups in society like HIV-positive women and trash pickers. It is an opportunity for them to get out of poverty.

Activist Haidar El Ali is trying to make his country fit for climate change through reforestation projects. The former environment minister doesn't just plant trees but is convincing the young to help out too.

In Ghana, the Young Voices Educational Foundation is warning about deforestation with online songs. The group aims to educate the public about climate change and encourage tree planting among students.

In Berlin, the sharing economy is well established and many people borrow tools from a shop or neighbors. The practice not only helps borrowers save money; it also helps protect the environment by saving resources.

Housing in Soweto used to be cheap, but as more people move to the township near Johannesburg, affordable homes are becoming rarer. One startup is on a mission to build sustainable homes from recycled building rubble.

For the past decade, the bee population of Rwanda has been in decline. Now a nationwide training program is teaching beekeepers how to breed queen bees despite climate change and modern agriculture.

Vultures are one of nature's greatest waste disposal services, cleaning up carcasses in the wild, but they are under threat. An NGO is informing locals of the vital role vultures play in the ecosystem.

Millions of people in Mali have no access to electricity, but a startup wants to change that by providing mini solar power plants to remote villages. The clean energy offers a much-needed economic boost to communities.

A startup in West Africa has developed an app to help improve the efficiency of collecting and recycling waste. It connects homes and institutions with plastic and metal recycling collectors with the click of a button.

Paying with a card or other cashless methods had a rough start in Rwanda. So far uptake has been slow, but now with government backing, thousands of taxis in Kigali are charging into the digital age of cashless payments.