The Eco Garden: Good Year for the Roses
WELL, the hot weather has arrived with a vengeance and plants of all sorts have put on amazing growth, especially those with deep tap roots
World’s largest solar tower switches on
The World’s largest solar power tower went into use near Sevilla last week
Obesity is a threat to the planet
Researchers concluded that because food production is a major contributor to global warming, the more you eat, the greater the impact on climate change
The Eco Garden: Keep the garden pests at bay with beer and bird droppings
Don’t automatically reach for the chemical sprays, because there are plenty of ecological alternatives to ensure that you keep your garden safe for the family,
The Eco Garden: Get a Spring in your Step
Now that Spring is finally here it’s time to get in the garden. Here are our top tips for the month
Sinking in a sea of sand
Climate change map shows Spain, France and Italy turned to desert in just 40 years.
A green way to go
It may not be the final nail in the coffin for greenhouse gas emitting vehicles, but Granada has become the first city in Europe to
The good, the bad and the ugly
Bob Maddox goes gunning for the greenhouses that cover Spain's southern coast. But El Gringo Maddox, who normally shoots from the lip when plastic is
Poisoned bait leads to vulture and lynx deaths
Rare animals “deliberately killed” by farmers
The great emasculator
Spanish men lose their mojo as pollution plays havoc with the male gender
Forget climate change – the bees are buzzing off
If bees became extinct today, mankind would follow suit in 2012. Albert Einstein proclaimed this insect the most important factor in our food chain.
Agave a day…
… helps us work, rest and play claims prickly BOB MADDOX, who takes a peek at one of Andalucía’s most iconic plants
Government reiterates coast battle
Cádiz coast first to benefit from construction crackdown
Dangerous shores for Jaws
It is official. The Mediterranean Sea is now the most dangerous place on Earth to swim - that is, if you are a shark
Spanish study confirms Climate Change predictions
Levels and temperature of Mediterranean have risen over 60 years
Making a difference in 2008
Tired of mundane New Year resolutions? Instead of giving up smoking why not make some small lifestyle changes and help to save the planet. The
Planet saved!
Jason Heppenstall argues that we must not rely on the politicians and big business to solve the global warming crisis
Climate Change will see the “Africanisation” of Spain
Study warns of environmental catastrophe before the end of the century as Spain struggles to meet Kyoto demands
An island of cold in a sea of warmth
Home to mainland Spain’s highest peaks, the Sierra Nevada is a treasure trove of rare plant life and animals
Oil spillage poisons aquifer
A GRANADA court is investigating how 120,000 tonnes of a vegetable-based contaminant was allowed to enter underground water supplies. Mayor of Atarfe Víctor Sánchez and
The gentle giants of the wasp world
Man’s misunderstanding of the hornet has led to the insect becoming almost extinct in certain parts of Europe
It’s in the climate, stupid
Following last issue in which Fiona Flores Watson attacked the slick, corporate image of the Climate Project, after meeting him in Nashville this year, Rosie
Drowning in a desert of plastic
There is a certain irony, claims Bob Maddox, that not only do the plastic greenhouses of the coast of Almería and Granada suck the land
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Climate Change*
With the news that up to 85 per cent of Andalucia is under threat from desertification, in this simple Q&A scientist AZZAM QASRAWI explains the
Climate undergoes sea change
Bob Maddox assess the findings of a report claiming the oceans are not absorbing as much carbon dioxide as they once did
The dehesas of Extremadura
The size of Switzerland, the region of Extremadura is home to farmland unique to Spain and endangered animals such as the lynx and imperial eagle