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 [...]

Last year 8 tons of CO2 gases were spewed into the air for every person in the Canary Islands. That is just one of the shock figures that have made the islands 3rd in the list of Spanish emission black spots, according to a report announced in Madrid yesterday.

The damming report for the CCOO union [...]

It’s been a good year for the coast of Tenerife, the second annual campaign “La Mar De Limpia” promoted by the government, has cleared an amazing 1,200 kilos of rubbish from 6 zones. It is always an ongoing struggle to keep the shores clean but every effort really does make a difference and the involvement [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

All year round you can find art and craft shows in Tenerife, outlets to showcase and sell the traditional wares of rural life, but for three days Pinolere in the northern La Orotava valley is the biggest show on the island.
From September 5 to 7 some 128 exhibitors will converge on the small village to [...]

Think of the Canary islands, and you think of the sea, long golden beaches and harsh volcanic landscapes, but there is a much greener and lusher side to all the 7 islands. The woodlands are inland and at higher levels, but well worth seeking out for the diverse natural wonders they can offer.
For a taste [...]

It takes a lot of dedication to give up your Saturday morning to go clambering over rocky outcrops and delving among dirty, damp shorelines, to remove other peoples discarded rubbish. But in Alcala, on the west coast of Tenerife, the local Guia de Isora council, found 50 dedicated volunteers to scoop up 1,000 kilos of assorted rubbish [...]

Holiday makers love to see blue flags flying over Canarian beaches as recognition of them meeting European Union standards of cleanliness. Councils love to pose as the flags are presented, a sign of the environmental concern they are showing in their area. Now a scathing report from Ecologistas En Accion has seen 36 black flags [...]