Balcony solar panels can save 30% on a typical household’s electricity bill and, with vertical surface area in cities larger than roof space, the appeal is clear

Harnessing wind, hydro and maybe geothermal power, the tiny Canary Island of El Hierro is blazing a trail for sustainable energy – and the secret is all in the mix

In the suburb of Oosterwold, a living experiment in urban agriculture, the 5,000 inhabitants find different creative ways to fulfil the unique stipulation

The project that began in the Canary Islands mimics the way leaves capture water droplets from fog in order to produce water

Citizen power forced Germany’s greenest city-state into a binding agreement balancing housing and nature

Community energy group hopes for local electricity trading as part of its ‘better system’ of supply and ownership

Project Mila’s team of volunteers collect organic waste from households, markets and restaurants in Mombasa and feed it to voracious larvae

After seeing the consequences of fast fashion, one woman is on a mission to change the way we think about repurposing clothes

The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy

Incredible Edible’s guerrilla gardening movement encourages people to take food-growing – and more – into their own hands

The new zero-emission train, known as Zemu, will run through an area that has long suffered from poor air quality. Will it be the start of a clean energy rail movement in the US?

Pilot scheme in Amazon communities of central Peru aims to help people choose a more sustainable way of living

Initial results show homes in Sierra Leone’s capital fitted with heat-reflective roofing sheets can be up to 6C cooler

The ground is humming with geothermal energy that could heat or cool our homes – and now the big US utilities are starting to take note

Rising block tariffs and national energy guarantee systems are almost unknown in Europe – but are flourishing elsewhere

The country has long been the world’s biggest market – but the government’s interest is more geopolitical than environmental

A sustainable project aims to repurpose encroacher bush to create building blocks to solve Namibia’s housing crisis

After success of bottle deposit schemes, some retailers are trying to widen culture of reuse – and start tackling Europe’s waste problem