Africa town gets hydro boost

Sep 8 - A South African power company is building mini hydro plants to help power small communities, but the potential is finite.

NuPlanet, the company behind a 7 megawatts hydro project supplying the town of Bethlehem, said such plants are unlikely to contribute much to the country's overall power

Documentary soars with condors

Sep 7 - Using a paraglider to carry the cameraman, the team behind "El Camino del Condor" has produced innovative images of one of the world's most majestic birds.

A solar car for Cambodia

Sep 8 - A Cambodian mathematics teacher has invented the country's first solar car, which he hopes to sell in the motorcycle obsessed local market.

Painted bright yellow, the technology packed vehicle looks like a golf buggy.

Lemurs for lunch causes eco woes

Sep 8 - Madagascar's endangered lemurs are facing a new threat - they are being hunted down and eaten as delicacies.

Recycling electrical vans launched

Sep 8 - A new fleet of carbon-neutral electric recycling vans are unveiled in London to promote awareness of reducing waste on the streets and reducing the public's carbon footprint.

U.N. optimistic pre-climate talks

Sep 11 - The U.N. says December's Copenhagen talks will provide an opportunity for developing countries to enter the greenhouse gas debate.

Crane boosts tree top studies

Sep 11 - Scientists at the University of Washington have taken to the tree-tops to measure the effects of global warming on forests.

"No Impact Man" cuts the power

Sep 11 - No fridge, no TV and no elevator? A new documentary, "No Impact Man", tells the story of a New York City family who try to go "off the grid" for one year.

Crane boosts tree top studies

Sep 11 - Scientists at the University of Washington have taken to the tree-tops to measure the effects of global warming on forests.

Trabant green revival in Frankfurt

Sep.15 - Communist East Germany's infamous Trabant gets a modern makeover at the Frankfurt car show, as car makers look to the future with green technologies.

Roof garden blossoms in NYC

Sep 15 - The global trend toward going green has seen an explosion in the popularity of rooftop gardens, particularly in big cities where most people live in apartments.

India's river of death Report

Sep 16 - Thousands of fish die as pollution levels in the Yamuna River beside the Taj Mahal rise.

Cold war foes team up in arctic

Sep 17 - Scientists from the United States and Russia are studying water and sea life in the Bering Straight and Arctic waters off Russian's northeast coast.