﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Monocle - Sustainability</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/Primary-Keywords/Sustainability/</link><description>Sustainability - PrimaryKeywords</description><language>en</language><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:33 GMT</pubDate><copyright>Monocle 2009</copyright><ttl>60</ttl><generator>EPiServer 4.61</generator><managingEditor>info@monocle.com</managingEditor><webMaster>info@monocle.com</webMaster><item><title>Prix Pictet 2009</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/culture/Web-Articles/Prix-Pictet-09/</link><description>Monocle's culture editor Robert Bound reports on the world's premier award for achievement in environmental photography.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=4286</guid></item><item><title>Electric dreams - Global</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Electric-dreams---Global/</link><description>The motor industry may be struggling, but an increasing number of cities around the world are discovering the electric car thanks to California-based Better Place, founded by software entrepreneur Shai Agassi in 2007.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:04:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3072</guid></item><item><title>It's a breeze - New Zealand</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Its-a-breeze---New-Zealand/</link><description>Not even warzones are capable of scaring off eco-crazed New Zealanders. </description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:26:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3063</guid></item><item><title>Keeping afloat - Australia</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Keeping-afloat---Australia/</link><description>Australia's driest region, South Australia, has become so dry it has had to resort to buying in water from neighbouring regions for the first time.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3062</guid></item><item><title>She sells sea flip-flops - Kenya</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/She-sells-sea-flip-flops---Kenya/</link><description>Tens of thousands of flip-flops wash up on Kenya's pristine, white sand beaches every year. </description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3056</guid></item><item><title>Garden city - Japan</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Garden-city---Japan/</link><description>Once the domain of rural backwaters, farming in Japan is undergoing an urban makeover. </description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:08:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3044</guid></item><item><title>Let there be light - Vatican City</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Let-there-be-light---Vatican-City/</link><description>The Vatican has become the latest convert in the battle against climate change. </description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=3041</guid></item><item><title>Fresh burst of energy - Italy</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Fresh-burst-of-energy---Italy/</link><description>Italy is not known as an innovator when it comes to energy.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:06:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2953</guid></item><item><title>Prix Pictet</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/culture/Web-Articles/Prix-Pictet-2008/</link><description>The Prix Pictet award’s worthy mission is to promote photographic excellence and environmental sustainability.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/WebArticleVideo.aspx?id=2887</guid></item><item><title>Host story - Denmark</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Host-story---Denmark/</link><description>The dream of every city hosting a major international congress is to derive brand benefit. </description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2939</guid></item><item><title>Pipe dreams - Canada</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Pipe-dreams---Canada/</link><description>In the far north of Canada the frontier lifestyle is still alive and kicking - and nowhere more so than in Yellowknife. </description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:01:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2810</guid></item><item><title>Boar wars - Algeria</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Boar-wars---Algeria/</link><description>Algeria's effort to crack down on terrorism has had an unexpected side effect: the wild boar population has soared. </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:14:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2696</guid></item><item><title>Car not decide - USA</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Car-not-decide---USA/</link><description>Just as electrical transport is gaining a foothold among Americans, some states are pulling the plug. </description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2691</guid></item><item><title>In a flap</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/In-a-flap/</link><description>Fruit bats get a lot of column inches in the Australian media.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:21:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2627</guid></item><item><title>Ore inspiring</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Ore-inspiring/</link><description>The mineral boom in Western Australia continues apace - one in five people in the state now works in mining or associated industries. </description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:20:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2626</guid></item><item><title>Going with the flow - USA</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Going-with-the-flow---USA/</link><description>Off-limits for decades because of pollution, New York's rivers are again becoming a vital part of city life. </description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2506</guid></item><item><title>Slash and burn - Australia</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Slash-and-burn---Australia/</link><description>Australia's zeal to slash its greenhouse gas emissions is at odds with its valuable coal industry.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 10:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2374</guid></item><item><title>Sun city - Australia &amp; New Zealand</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Sun-city---Australia--New-Zealand/</link><description>Cloncurry is small, but has big ambitions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:18:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=2255</guid></item><item><title>Flat-pack forest - 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Nagano</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/design/Magazine-Articles/Natural-by-design---Nagano/</link><description>Monocle visits Professor Yoshifumi Nakamura at his eco-friendly weekend retreat, tucked away in the hills of Japan's Nagano region.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 06:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1740</guid></item><item><title>Liquid investment - Australia</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Liquid-investment---Australia/</link><description>Sean Hegarty's 3,000-litre water-collecting device in the front yard of his Melbourne home advertises his water credentials to passers-by.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1606</guid></item><item><title>Air to a fortune - Lunderskov</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Air-to-a-fortune---Lunderskov/</link><description>Denmark is a pioneer in wind energy: some days the entire country is powered by it. Now LM Glasfiber, Danish maker of vast turbine blades, is helping convert the rest of the world.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1643</guid></item><item><title>Water mess - Baltic Sea</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Water-mess---Baltic-Sea/</link><description>Some scientists claim it is already too late to remove blue-green algae from the Baltic Sea, but Finn Kari Homanen disagrees.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1412</guid></item><item><title>Mussel men - Jutland</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Mussel-men---Jutland/</link><description>Environmentally aware Danish fishermen are growing molluscs on lines and selling their fresh produce to people willing to shell out for a gourmet delicacy.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1493</guid></item><item><title>Timber land - Lucerne</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Timber-land---Lucerne/</link><description>Lumberjacks are finding themselves at the forefront of the climate change debate as 'biomass' (that's burning wood chips to you and me) becomes a buzzword for the environmental movement.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:10:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1470</guid></item><item><title>Engine of change - Sweden</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Engine-of-change---Sweden/</link><description>Problems cloud the success of a recent "green car" initiative.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:05:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1200</guid></item><item><title>Blue-lake thinking - Sweden</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Blue-lake-thinking---Sweden/</link><description>Monocle attended the Tällberg Forum, a sort of Scandinavian Davos, where politicians, heavyweight intellectuals and business leaders gather in the search for a sustainable future.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:02:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=1198</guid></item><item><title>Power plant - New York</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/business/Magazine-Articles/Power-plant---New-York/</link><description>Diana Balmori's landscaping projects can also change cities, make people happier and healthier and battle climate change.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:46:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=920</guid></item><item><title>Tasmanian rebel - Australia</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Tasmanian-rebel---Australia/</link><description>Bob Brown's 35-year career as the trailblazer of green politics in Australia has been edgy and probably lonely.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:19:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=888</guid></item><item><title>Green route - China</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Green-route---China/</link><description>China is now employing some old-fashioned revolutionary fervour in order to boost its environmental credentials.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 11:13:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=885</guid></item><item><title>Vitoria's secrets - Spain</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Vitorias-secrets---Spain/</link><description>Vitoria-Gasteiz was named the most sustainable city in Spain.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 02:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=877</guid></item><item><title>Dirty secrets - Australia</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Dirty-secrets---Australia/</link><description>As Australia grinds through its sixth year of drought, a dry wind of change is blowing across its car culture and providing opportunities for entrepreneurs.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:39:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=750</guid></item><item><title>Critical biomass - Sweden</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Critical-biomass---Sweden/</link><description>Växjö has a programme that would make even Al Gore proud.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 17:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=746</guid></item><item><title>Green gold - Brazil</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Green-gold---Brazil/</link><description>Brazil is already the world leader when it comes to producing ethanol from sugar cane, but the country's ambitious biodiesel programme is only just beginning to capture the outside world's attention.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=628</guid></item><item><title>Woolly thinking - Australia</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/Wooly-thinking---Australia/</link><description>Michael  Kiely set up adoptasheep.com.au in response to the situation on his farm in New South Wales.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=519</guid></item><item><title>In hot water - Germany</title><link>http://www.monocle.com/sections/affairs/Magazine-Articles/In-hot-water---Germany/</link><description>Munich and its hinterland have become the new frontier for deep-seated geothermal energy, the latest trend in sustainable power.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:56:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://www.monocle.com/Content/MagArticle.aspx?id=495</guid></item><lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:06:49 GMT</lastBuildDate></channel></rss>