As the tourism trade grapples with the credit crunch, there’s good news from the annual ABTA conference in Gran Canaria. An extensive survey conducted for the Association of British Travel Agents, shows that a towering 83 % pf people think it is important that their holiday should not damage the environment.

Speaking at the Maspalomas conference [...]

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 [...]

These days even the Pope is turning green, and the installation of 2,700 solar panels at the Vatican is a signal that the environmental decline of our planet is causing concern at the highest levels. Pope Benedict XV1 made it known soon after taking office in 2005, that he saw the environment as an important [...]