HAPPINESS

The good life doesn't have to cost the planet.

Broadband Democracy

by Jeff Chester, Gary O. Larson

posted Dec 31, 2002

center for Digital Democracy, open access to the internet, electronic commons

Study Circle Democracy

by Cecile Andrews

posted Dec 31, 2002

Deliberative democracy through study circles.

Yes! But How?

by Pamela O'Malley Chang, Beth Balderston

posted Dec 31, 2002

Recycling computers, unclog bathroom drain, non-toxic solutions, bees nests, hornets

Turning the Sword

by Milenko Matanovic

posted Jun 30, 2002

Is art for museums and collectors, or does it belong in the streets? Could art help us turn away from mass–produced violence and ugliness, and give each of us ways to forge an imaginative and beautiful future?

The Time of Your Life

by Martin Keogh

posted Jun 30, 2002

With leaps, bounds, and stillness, dancers make peace with time.

Who's Afraid of Music

by Carol Estes

posted Jun 30, 2002

Music can tell truths that otherwise go unheard, inspiring action, and sustaining resistance.

Resource Guide: Art and Community

posted Jun 30, 2002

Resource Guide for the Summer 2002 issue of YES! on Art and Community.

Dancing In Praise Of

by Linda Frye Burnham

posted Jun 30, 2002

In 1998, the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange began the Hallelujah initiative, creating new performance works with 15 communities all across the US. The initiative is intended to “celebrate edge-of-the-millennium America in all of its vividness, beauty, strength and quirkiness.”

American Journey: A Test And Freedom

by Kim Stafford

posted Jan 31, 2002

American Journey: A test and freedom, by Kim Stafford, YES! A Journal of Positive Futures,

A Place For Dignity

by Carol Estes

posted Jan 31, 2002

Dignity Village in Portland, Oregon, a tent city. Dignity Village is fundamentally different. It's a self-governing community of about 60 homeless people who take care of themselves by taking care of each other.

Freedom Sings

by Sarah Ruth van Gelder

posted Jan 31, 2002

An interview with Harry Belafonte.

Ordinary Heroes

by Samuel P. Oliner

posted Nov 05, 2001

Sociologist and Holocaust survivor Samuel P. Oliner writes about what motivates altruists and heroes who put the welfare of others alongside their own. Reaching out to others has been the force behind much that is good in the world.

In the Native Way

by Tom Goldtooth

posted Nov 05, 2001

For a sundancer and bundle-keeper in the Dakota tradition, the world and the spirit are identical.

Dream of a Ridiculous Man

by Charles W., Joan C. Pratt

posted Jun 30, 2001

A story of Patrick Lydon and the Camphill Communities.

The Cornucopia of the Commons

by David Bollier

posted Jun 30, 2001

The Cornucopia of the Commons, by David Bollier. Community gardens, free software, self-help groups, and other examples of how the gift economy fosters community and social cohesion as well as economic innovation.