SPAIN’S first electric car factory is being planned for Andalucia. The groundbreaking plant in Almeria will produce between 20,000 and 30,000 Ecologic Tesur cars per year.

A JUDGE confirmed that the 50-room hotel, dubbed the ‘second Algarrobico’ by green groups can be developed on protected salt flats, the Campillo de Gata.

IN Spain, a recent poll found that 23.6 per cent of the population have used some sort of unconventional medicine. And steadily growing in popularity across the country is the Japanese massage technique known as shiatsu.

EXPERTS warn that wet winter has increased risk of uncontrollable wild fires.

JON Clarke takes a ride down Andalucia’s most alluring, unspoilt coastline the Costa de la Luz – or the ‘The Coast of Light’ of Cadiz.

RECLINE among the broom and mimosa in your Mexican hammock on one of the last wild coastlines of Andalucia. Casas Karen is one of the most laid back and relaxing places to
stay in southern Spain.

HOW cork oaks could save the land against development, the oldest cork in Andalucia, called Treebeard. With the restoration of the environment an urgent priority, Jason Heppenstall meets some inspirational people greening the region.

BUT while Andalucia is now Europe’s leading organic producer, it is one of the smallest consumers.

JON Clarke discovers how bestselling author Chris Stewart turned one small corner of Andalucia into a carbon neutral oasis.

By Andrew Pearce and Jon Clarke: In the wake of the BP oil disaster in America, Gibraltar is blasted for failing to tackle dangerous oil tankers by Spanish officials

AS the Slow Food Movement starts to make inroads in northern Spain, gardening writer Dick Handscombe travels to Italy to find out how to spread its message in Andalucia

WHAT could be better than an eco-friendly train ride and a healthy walk back through a protected landscape, followed by a meal made from organically grown produce? Paul Whitelock describes two options for a green day out in the beautiful valley of the River Guadiaro, in inland Málaga province.