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Curriculum & Resources: The Food Project Curriculum & Resources: The Food Project
posted Apr 15, 2013
Resources from The Food Project, based in the Boston area, focus on sustainable agriculture and youth leadership. TFP graciously shares many of its manuals, activities, and curriculum for free (downloadable).
YES! Recommends: Equal Exchange YES! Recommends: Equal Exchange
posted Apr 15, 2013
Equal Exchange is a worker-owned cooperative and has been at the forefront of fair trade, supporting small-scale farmers for over 25 years. Part of its mission is to educate and engage the public in the fair trade movement. Its curriculum, working papers, and infographics are terrific learning tools on fair trade, sustainable agriculture, and cooperatives.
Visual Learning: Out of Character Visual Learning: Out of Character
posted Apr 15, 2013
This Visual Learning activity will get your students thinking about the intersection of handwriting and digital typeface and the fate of cursive writing around the world.
Free to Be Me Free to Be Me
by Gia Rae Winsryg-Ulmer
posted Apr 15, 2013
Gia Rae Winsryg-Ulmer knew she found her place to teach when she walked through the doors of Brooklyn Free School three years ago. See how Gia and BFS honor children's rights to be themselves and become the happy, healthy, and independent thinking people they are meant to be. This is Gia's Story.
Building a Solar Economy: 4 Lessons from Hawaii Building a Solar Economy: 4 Lessons from Hawaii
by Erin L. McCoy
posted Apr 11, 2013
Hawaii generates more of its power from the sun than any other state. Here’s what the rest of us can learn from the obstacles that came up along the way and and what’s being done to overcome them.
What If Your Kids Want to Get Political? What If Your Kids Want to Get Political?
by Shannon Hayes
posted Apr 11, 2013
Using young children as political props is problematic, to say the least. But when they do form their own opinion, it’s important to let them express it.
A Portlandia Sendup of Tiny House Living A Portlandia Sendup of Tiny House Living
by YES! online staff
posted Apr 11, 2013
Portlandia’s Kumail Nanjiani visits a tiny house and asks some of the questions on everybody’s mind.
Labor Dept. Deputy: It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage Labor Dept. Deputy: It’s Time to Raise the Minimum Wage
by Amy Dean
posted Apr 11, 2013
Before joining the Department of Labor, Mary Beth Maxwell was a top organizer for the workers’ rights organization Jobs With Justice. Here, she speaks with Amy Dean about the lives of workers who make minimum wage and why the time has come to raise it.
Look out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising Look out Monsanto: The Global Food Movement Is Rising
by Daniel Moss
posted Apr 10, 2013
The book Harvesting Justice isn’t just a look at the world’s most exciting food justice groups—it’s also a knockout organizing tool.
Why Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu Leaders Have High Hopes for Pope Francis Why Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu Leaders Have High Hopes for Pope Francis
by Chris Francis
posted Apr 09, 2013
Leaders from many faiths are expecting better relations with the Vatican under Pope Francis. Here YES! speaks to some of them about why that is.
Occupy Sandy Funds Growth of Worker-Owned Co-Ops Occupy Sandy Funds Growth of Worker-Owned Co-Ops
by Peter Rugh
posted Apr 05, 2013
Could the seaside neighborhoods struck by Hurricane Sandy be the next big incubator for worker-owned companies?
Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World Is a Seed Why the Most Powerful Thing in the World Is a Seed
by Abby Quillen
posted Apr 04, 2013
“The Seed Underground” is a love letter to the quiet revolutionaries who are saving our food heritage.
To Build a Community Economy, Start With Solidarity To Build a Community Economy, Start With Solidarity
by Abby Scher
posted Apr 03, 2013
How residents who can’t afford to buy in still get the benefits of co-op work and housing.
Empowered by the Past: Red State Co-ops Go Green Empowered by the Past: Red State Co-ops Go Green
by Brooke Jarvis
posted Apr 03, 2013
A century ago, cooperatives electrified the poorest counties in the nation. Today, can they lead the way to a smarter, cleaner grid?
Florida Farmworkers March 200 Miles for a Fairer Tomato Florida Farmworkers March 200 Miles for a Fairer Tomato
by YES! online staff
posted Apr 03, 2013
After marching halfway across the state of Florida, members of the Immokalee Coalition of Farmworkers got fired up at a rally in front of Publix headquarters in Lakeland, Fla. Here’s some of what they had to say.
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