What happens to the Canary Islands’ waste? A midpoint check on the circular economy

What happens to a piece of packaging tossed out at a supermarket in Las Palmas, or the food scraps from a restaurant in Puerto de la Cruz? That’s the question the Canary Islands’ Circular Economy Strategy, launched in 2021, has been trying to answer island by island, and on 1 June 2026 the team managing […]
From 38,000 to 10,000 visits in a month: what Teide’s eco-tax did

Thirty-eight thousand, one hundred and eighty-eight people in one month. The next month, ten thousand, eight hundred and ninety-three. That drop tells the story better than any press release of what happened once an eco-tax took effect on 19 January 2026 on the two busiest routes in Teide National Park, trails PNT 10 Telesforo Bravo […]
Working with the Atlantic as your backdrop: inside Gran Canaria’s digital nomad hub

It’s eight in the morning on the ground floor of the Hotel Cristina by Tigotán, and the first tables are already filling up with laptops, coffee cups and headphones. Outside, just metres away, the waves of Las Canteras beach break on the sand. Inside, someone wraps up a video call with a client in Berlin […]