Transforming the Global Footprint of American Business

Last Thursday, a panel of business leaders spoke at Antioch University to a full room of entrepreneurs, students, faculty and members of the business community. Each gave a great presentation on how their company is working to create social and environmental benefits through innovative practices.

Overland and Off-The-Grid

by Jen Pennington
Photos by Robert J. Pennington

When you think of mobile home travel, a really big, gas guzzling RV or motor home comes to mind. The kind that needs a hook-up to a water and power supply and seeks to impose itself on the very environment it’s meant to enjoy. At SEMA 2009 amidst all [...]

Civilized travel and the return of the rail

By Jen Pennington
When my colleague Chris Arlen posted his recent article about having to pay for water on a US Airways flight, (see Is US Airways shooting itself in the head?) it made me think about how much I want the rail system in this country to be a real alternative to flying.

What You Missed While I Was Riding the Bus

by James McGrath
It seems like I have been riding some form of public transport all my life. Many of my earliest memories are of taking the shaky old lift (that’s an elevator for you Americans) at Wapping Underground Station, down to a very old, dark and damp platform to pick up the East London Line [...]