The Office of Participation and Environmental Volunteers for the Tenerife government has looked back on the 2009 programme with some pride after 2,290 volunteers joined business backers to improve Tenerife.
The biggest project was a reforestation programme involving 750 people, this covered Finca La Orilla in Anaga National Park, Las Calderetas in El Sauzal, plus El [...]

Sometimes good intentions are thwarted by a lack of practical method, in Guia de Isora, Tenerife, a local farm is making a great success of producing bio compost. Lomo del Balo farm has made a name for making high quality bio compost, and now local councils are making tracks there to dispose of their bio [...]

It took collective talent and determination to take a self sufficient dream and turn it into a reality 14 years later. March 19th 2010 will go down as a landmark day for bioclimatic houses, the worlds first village, containing 25 CO2 free and totally self sufficient houses was inaugurated at ITER in Granadilla, Tenerife. The [...]

One of the biggest supermarket chains in Tenerife, Carrefour have banned plastic carrier bags, the first store to do so on the island. Saturday 14 November was the last day the old bags were being issued.

Some 75,000  re-usable bags have been issued to customers for continued use, they can be used up to 15 times [...]

There’s a recycling revolution going on in Arona, the southern municipality of Tenerife. The council has embraced sustainable principles by providing a wealth of collection points where paper, glass, plastics and other waste can be seperated for easy treatment.

Arona includes the tourist hot spots of Los Cristianos and part of Las Americas, so produces lots of [...]

There was a double shock along the east coast of Tenerife when 2 dead Sperm Whales (like the one pictured, from another incident) were found on the same day just a few miles apart. The discoveries happened at El Tablado in Guimar and Las Maretas in Arico.
The Guimar whale was  7 metres long and weighed [...]

Recycling is gaining in popularity in Tenerife, with more and more councils signing up to such a worthy cause. Leading the way in the north is Puerto de la Cruz with 25 kilos of glass recycled for each inhabitant last year, that’s double the average for the Canary Islands.
It’s true that a lot of the [...]

As the Canary Islands head towards the busiest part of their tourist season, the Gobierno (Island Government) has issued an updated guide called “Care For Whales And Dolphins” , aimed at the many boat operators that take people out to witness these remarkable creatures at close quarters.

The Canary Islands is at the forefront of cetacean [...]

It has taken a while but councils in Tenerife are waking up to the advantages and benefits of recycling, and they certainly have enough discarded rubbish to work with. Adeje council are one of the most progressive, and yesterday they inaugurated a new rubbish sorting depot to tackle the 120 tons produced daily in their [...]

Whales are under attack around the world and despite crackdowns on killing them for commercial use, their numbers have been vastly depleted. Good news is always welcome, this week rare film footage was captured of Gervais’ beaked whale in the ocean just off Lanzarote.

The Canary Islands are one of the home areas for the rare [...]