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Happy classroom, photo by Jeff Meyer

Can You Teach Emotional Intelligence?

Behind the growing movement for social and emotional learning.

Tiny free house, photo by Julia Janzen

My Tiny, Free House

When the financial crisis hit, Michael Janzen wondered just how small, and how cheap, a house could be.

Organic farming, photo by Michael Sussman

Food in Dry Times

Growing food in a future of droughts, floods, and storms? The answer lies in the dirt.

Lake jump, photo by Marco-Olivier Maheu

How to Keep Your Cool Without A/C

8 ways to beat the heat without cranking up the planet's thermostat.

Framing, photos by Sarah Jones and the U.S. Coast Guard

Framing for Change

How we tell the story of a better world matters—and the best way is to live the alternatives we advocate.

Columns/Blogs

On Facing Judgment

Shannon HayesLive radically, & you’ll inevitably face the judgment of others. For Shannon Hayes, loving unconditionally is the antidote.

10 Common Sense Principles for a New Economy

David Korten author picIt’s time we the people declare our independence from the Wall Street economy.


Waste Not: Seattle's Road to Zero Trash

Richard ConlinThere's simply no room for waste in a carbon neutral city. Seattle has a plan to cut its trash—and it's working.

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In Review

Common Ground in a Liquid City

Re-imagining our cities is the best chance we have to create prosperity, lower our carbon emissions, and save what’s left of the natural world.

Wild Comfort

Kathleen Dean Moore on the solace of nature.

YES! But How?

Step Away From the Plastic Bag

Our associate editor experiments with life after plastic bags.

Multimedia
Sarah van Gelder interviews David Korten

Bailouts Redefined: Interview with David Korten

How a New Economy can bail out both people and nature.

Madhu Prakash, photo by Doug Pibel

The Story of Lentils and Chicken

Madhu Suri Prakash shares secrets from her mother’s village kitchen.

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City Repair

Should our towns and cities be built for cars or for people?

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Our Music Picks for the Summer

Musical inspiration while putting out the Water Solutions issue came from Horse Feathers, Natalie Merchant, and Rana Farhan.

film still from A Sea Change

A Sea Change

Imagine a world without fish.

The Thinker Cartoon

Enter the YES! Cartoon Competition

Submit your caption for our latest cartoon. The best captions will appear on our website and the very best get printed in the magazine.


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