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Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions         September 2012  GET THE POSTER. Just $3. When you buy the 9 Simple Steps to Improve Your Health (Without Joining a Gym) Poster through the YES! store, you support our work. Thanks! 9 Simple Steps to Improve Your Health (Without Joining a Gym) by Sven Eberlein What are the secret ingredients to a long and healthy life? We all know that there’s more to our overall well-being than treating symptoms or the occasional replacement of a part. The good news is that scientists in various fields are discovering ever more ways we can keep ourselves healthy. Here are nine simple, scientifically proven—and sometimes surprising—ways to help you make the right decisions for your body and health. READ MORE ... :: SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER WITH YOUR FRIENDS      See other articles from the Fall issue of YES! Magazine. ::  PEEK INSIDE THE ISSUE  ::  SUBSCRIBE TO YES! TODAY  :: Order now and start with the Bodies issue! SEE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS       Occupy’s First Anniversary: Deep Reflections   Infographic: Occupy Movement Bears Fruit For the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, we gathered just a few of the most vibrant projects working under the movement’s banner. VIEW THE INFOGRAPHIC As the Occupy movement enters its second year, how should we measure its progress? Rebecca Solnit, Marina Sitrin, and Grace Davie discuss the movement’s concrete achievements, its place in global struggles, and the improved outlook on life enjoyed by participants. View these and other articles online. Occupy Your Victories: Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary by Rebecca Solnit Rebecca Solnit provides an inspiring panorama of triumphs that Occupiers helped achieve in just one short year. She urges us to stay in it for the long haul. How Occupy Made Me Stronger by Grace Davie Although she wasn’t politically active before Occupy Wall Street, Grace Davie threw herself deeply into the movement. One year later, she finds herself braver, wiser, and stronger in her personal life. How Do You Measure a Dream? by Marina Sitrin One year later, Marina Sitrin looks back on the Occupy movement, not as a list of victories and failures, but as a growing fabric of empowered voices.   From the Fall issue of YES! Magazine …   How can we break the silence about what happens when we’re dying? A Graceful Exit: Taking Charge at the End of Life by Claudia Rowe Despite our myriad technological advances, the final stages of life in America still exist as a twilight purgatory where too many people simply suffer and wait, having lost all power to have any effect on the world or their place in it. But what if planning for those days became customary—a discussion of personal preferences—instead of paralyzing? READ MORE ...   What’s New Online   3 Essential School Supplies—That Aren’t on Your List by Christine Carter When kids have friends, they’re more likely to grow into happy adults. How to help your children develop the tools they need most. Growth or Equality: Two Competing Visions for America’s Future by David Korten David Korten on how closing the wealth gap can open the way to a fairer, more prosperous economy. A Small Business Boost from ... Regulations? by Brooke Jarvis Do regulations really hurt small businesses? Or do businesses thrive when local residents can afford their services, and a good quality of life attracts skilled workers? Radical Homemaking ... With Houseguests? by Shannon Hayes Our home is an ecosystem: No matter how perfect we’d like to make it, as long as we live and create there, it will never be sterile, still, and clean.   Did you miss…   Audience Favorites: :: Make the Connections: Poverty, Obesity, and Diabetes How to fight diabetes with better policy—and cut your own diabetes risk by 93 percent. :: Detroit’s Good Food Cure What happens when the Motor City transforms itself into the capital of grow-your-own food? :: Widespread War on Reproductive Rights National polls show that most of the public supports birth control and abortion rights. So what’s with the trend of trying to limit them?   How to Get More YES!   SUBSCRIBE TO YES! Get a year of YES! Magazine for just $15. + A BONUS ISSUE :: 54% OFF NONPROFIT. INDEPENDENT. SUBSCRIBER-SUPPORTED. YES! POSTERS Choose from our many inspirational posters, including our popular Happiness poster.   From the Publisher   3 Ways to Make Your Vote Count in a Money-Soaked Election Your favored candidates may be outspent, but if they out-organize, they may be able to prevail.   Beyond the Horse Race   California Soccer Moms Face Off Against Monsanto A grassroots coalition of citizens has an initiative on the ballot to require the labeling of genetically modified organisms. It seems likely to succeed, even though corporations have spent tens of millions to defeat it. Building Progressive Momentum: 5 Ballot Initiatives Lead the Way From challenging Citizens United to protecting collective bargaining rights, grassroots groups are pushing back against austerity initiatives and working to revitalize our economy. 5 Issues this Election Should Be About, and One to Drop Five issues that should be at the center of the 2012 election—plus one with no place in the public sphere. Let’s cut through the campaign rhetoric and attack ads.   Web Picks   PHOTO ESSAY Libyan People to Americans: “This Is Not the Behavior of Our Islam” Amid the noise of escalating violence, Benghazi citizens speak for themselves: “This does not represent us.” YES! is published by the nonprofit Positive Futures Network   ::  www.yesmagazine.org 284 Madrona Way NE, Suite 116, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2870, USA  ::  Phone: 206-842-0216

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