Monocle’s favourite cities combine small-scale neighbourhoods with green spaces, but not all cities were built with the right foundations for future growth and sustainability. We champion four urban innovators who see…
Johan Rockström, Associate Professor in Natural Resources Management, is executive director of the Stockholm Environmental Institute. His experiences include 12 years of research and development work in developing countries…
Those wishing to follow the growing global trend for simple, ecologically sound living could have no better example than Professor Yoshifumi Nakamura and his weekend haven, tucked away in the hills of Japan’s Nagano region…
Professor Jacqueline McGlade became executive director of the European Environment Agency in Copenhagen in 2003. She is on leave from her post as Professor in Environmental Informatics in the Department of Mathematics at…
Whether it’s economic or ecological forces driving the gears of change,two-wheeled transport is on the up. At Europe’s largest trade show, one particular trend is putting traditionalists’ spokes out of joint – the buzz…
Each summer philosophical thinkers in politics, economics, ecology and the arts meet at the Tällberg Forum in Sweden to try to come up with new initiatives to tackle the ecological problems facing the planet. The peaceful…
Tuesday 2 November
The Murray-Darling Basin is a 1,162 sq km area that spans four states within the southeastern perimeter of Australia.
Thursday 15 September
There is hardly a whiff of diesel or rumble of engine at the 64th version of Frankfurt’s IAA Motor show, which opened yesterday.
Monday 14 February
The question “Did the earth move for you?” usually implies the end of a successful Valentine’s date but for spice farmers in Indonesia it isn’t a good thing at all.
Yes, they can look pretty, but Diana Balmori’s landscaping projects can also change cities, make people happier and healthier and battle climate change. A pioneer of the green roofs movement, she helped build New York’s…
The design vernacular of Comporta has remained intact for decades. Today it’s providing rich inspiration for new developments too.
Old Town, new look, Porter's bag for all seasons and how to pocket the prefect T-shirt.
This month we launch a new travel edit with a focus on great service and put the spotlight on some of Bavaria’s finest new hostelries. Plus, overleaf, there’s dining in Tokyo, a Zürich café that plays musical chairs and a…
Monocle's round-up of the news, products and projects making waves this month.
Extreme shopping in Japan's Don Quijote stores, and an innovative waste management system from Tel Aviv.
Israel's glut of lawyers, the South Africans taking a stand against cheap imported clothes, and preparations for elections in the Central African Republic.
We meet Georgia’s ambassador to Germany and take a dip at the UN swimming club in Geneva.
How Bulgaria became a world leader in snail production, the material difference of the new Boeing 787 and the German gunmakers tapping into the US market.
It would take a very special shop to impress Lisbon’s pescatarian public, but Conserveira de Lisboa – now into its 77th year – and its jawdropping array of Portuguese tinned fish has fed Lisboans, Michelin judges and tou…
Revived Le Corbusier pieces from Cassina, Made in Germany: Stowa watches, and a university cafeteria that rewrites the rules.
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