Sixty years ago, the Canary Islands were the first in Europe to adopt desalination of seawater to produce water suitable for drinking and irrigation. Often considered a miracle solution, is the desalination process compatible with sustainable living?

    Canary Islands: Addicted to Desalination | ARTE.tv Documentary
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    1. The 'fire trees' cover most of La Palma – very few were lost in forest fires as they magically spring back to life after. La Palma also restricts industry and tourism because of the astonomony / astro physics on the island. Of course this is made possible by grants from the EU.

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