Upcycled Shipping Containers are Reborn as Colorful Schoolrooms
Vissershok School, South Africa This school has modified a 40-foot shipping containerto make a classroom that...
Poachers Killed 100,000 Elephants in 3 Years Due to Skyrocketing Ivory Demand
Africa is experiencing a huge spike in elephant deaths due rising demand for ivory in China and other Asian nations....
Creating a Public School in One of Malawi's Poorest Communities
Malawi is one of the poorest countries, and the vast majority of children have been orphaned by the HIV/AIDS...
PITCHAfrica's Rain-Harvesting Soccer Field Can Capture Enough Water for 1000 People for a Full Year
Almost one billion people on Earth have no access to clean drinking water, and dirty water and a lack of basic...
Support iThemba Tower: Soaring Art Installation Made with 5,000 Plastic Bottles to Promote Recycling in South Africa
We are a team of South African artists who wish to support the people of Troyeville in downtown Johannesburg to...
Sinuous Boomslang Walkway Gives Kirstenbosch Visitors a Taste of the Treetops in Cape Town
[gallery_extend] The stunning Boomslang walkway is a permanent attraction at the Kirstenbosch National...
African Doctor Invents Female Condom with 'Teeth' to Fight Sex Assault
According to Human Rights Watch, South Africa has one of the highest rape rates in the world, and many women in...
6 Great Green Designs that Put South Africa on the Map
[gallery_extend] 1. Visserhoek School Tsai Design first become known to the international design world...
Architecture For a Change Designs Lightweight Church for South African Zandspruit Community
Architecture For a Change designed a lightweight building to house the Community Church of Zandspruit in South...
INTERVIEW: We Talk Hemp with South African Materials Expert Tony Budden
[gallery_extend] INHABITAT: Tony, our recent story about your Hemp House in South Africa spurred a lot of...
INHABITAT INTERVIEW: Award-Winning Architect Guy Ailion
[gallery_extend] [youtube width="537" height="400"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYDbi7kAxc8[/youtube] Inhabitat:...
Scientists Scramble to Save India's Threatened Tigers from Deadly Dog Disease
As if urban encroachment and poachers were not bad enough, India's tigers must now contend with a deadly virus...
Air Travel Across Brazil Will Double 2014 World Cup Carbon Emissions Compared to 2010
All those airplanes crisscrossing Brazil for the 2014 World Cup next summer will nearly double carbon emissions...
Flies Fattened on Organic Waste to Feed Farmed Fish in South Africa
South Africa is building a huge factory to farm millions of flies that will spend their days gorging on food industry...
Architecture for a Change's Mamelodi Pod is a Self-Sustaining Solution to Shantytowns
[gallery_extend] A rapidly increasing portion of South Africa's population lives in shantytowns that...
