Judith Samuelson: Business Must Lead From the "Mud" to Bring About Big Change

At the same time, if you are fixated, like I am, on global warming, this moment seems particularly bleak. I am heading out to Colorado this week for the Aspen Institute's Ideas Fest -- my second trip to Aspen in a month...Climate is a ticking time bomb. We have a long ways to go.

Rethinking Silly Car Trips - NYTimes.com

When I visited Kristianstad, Sweden, last year, the city was running a program called No Silly Car Journeys. The goal was to discourage car use for trips of less than five kilometers, or just over three miles. Even in that extraordinarily “green” city, too many people were jumping in the car for things like the short trip to drop children off at school.