Most Recent Articles - YES!

YES! has a positive solution-oriented focus. We reframe issues, reflect diverse human-scale stories, and offer tools for people to use and to pass along. Here are our most recent articles and blogs.

The Page That Counts :: Spring 2003

posted Mar 31, 2003

Estimated number of times an average American is videotaped per day, and more...

Health Hunger And Hunting

by Jim Minick

posted Mar 31, 2003

a story of a vegetarian who learned how to hunt on his land. He developed his own personal ecology, which included eating locally and responsible hunting.

When Nuclear Plants Close, Infant Deaths And Childhood Cancers Drop

by Carolyn McConnell

posted Mar 31, 2003

A study of the areas surrounding nuclear power plants has found that rates of infant death and childhood cancer drop dramatically after the plants close. Rates dropped by 17 percent on average, and in one case, infant deaths and childhood cancers dropped by a full 42 percent.

Restoring Nature, Restoring Yourself

by Francesca Lyman

posted Mar 31, 2003

A dying man thought he’d spend his last days cleaning a small creek behind his house. Did he save the creek? Or was it the creek that saved him?

Surviving the Great Dying

by Michael Lerner

posted Mar 31, 2003

As an era of extinctions unfolds, the dawning understanding of its links to our own health could energize a movement to save us all

Walking Our Talk: the Paper Project

by Fran Korten

posted Mar 31, 2003

Fran Korten's column, Walking Our Talk.

Detentions Spark Protests

by Pramila Jayapal

posted Mar 31, 2003

Immigrant deportions, NSEERS, National Security Entry Exit Registration System, immigrant rights, Pramila Jayapal

Kids And Chemicals

by Elizabeth Guillette

posted Mar 31, 2003

In one village, kids grew up normally, but nearby, children had trouble catching a ball, drawing a picture, remembering a color. What made the difference?

Keeping the Balance

by Lisa Gale Garrigues

posted Mar 31, 2003

An indigenous people at the tip of South America reclaims health, culture, and the vitality of the land.

The Whispering Is Over

by Nancy Evans

posted Mar 31, 2003

women are mobilizing to find the causes of breast cancer, phase out chemicals that cause cancer, enforce environmental protection laws, eliminate the use of harmful chemicals. The Breast Cancer Fund.

This Is What Justice Looks Like

by Carol Estes

posted Mar 31, 2003

Until minutes before the deadline, no none knew if a proposed world criminal court could win needed support. It won by a landslide, and its creation opens new possibilities for the rule of law to replace the rule of fear and violence.

Discussion Guide :: Our Planet, Our Selves- environment and health

posted Mar 31, 2003

Questions like: Who in your own life has experienced serious illness? What has it been like for those close to that person? What obligation do we have to keep an environment clean for other people?

Eco-clean Homes

by Pam Chang

posted Mar 31, 2003

What if house cleaning weren’t a thankless, low-paid, toxic job? Mayda Iglesias co-founded a cooperative that does eco-friendly cleaning. Business is great, her clients are happy, her health has improved, and her leadership is widely recognized.

Seeds of Justice, Seeds of Hope

by Anna Marie Carter

posted Mar 31, 2003

"The Seed Lady of Watts" is getting fresh food into an area better known for its toxics and poverty

YES! But How? :: Off the Grid

posted Mar 31, 2003

Household hints and helps, living off the grid, sustainable burials, alternatives to plywood roof decking, greywater on gardens, and reusing envelopes.