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Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions         January 2013  Eat like an ancient healer, color like a butterfly, and other ways to rediscover your inner wildness. 7 Ways to Find Your Wild Side (Start With a Nap) The modern conveniences that increase our productivity and synch us up globally—electric light, jet travel, computers—may also be disrupting our bodies’ natural sleep cycles. The phenomenon called the post-prandial dip—that drop in energy after lunch—was traditionally treated by many cultures with an afternoon nap, a practice largely abandoned today. And science writer Jesse Gamble reports that in the absence of artificial light, humans revert to biphasic sleep that is quite different from the standard sleep pattern in industrialized society. Rather than an uninterrupted eight-hour block, we naturally sleep twice per night in roughly four-hour segments: from just after sunset until midnight, and again from 2 a.m. to sunrise. In between is a quiet, meditative time during which humans historically talked, went for a walk, or connected with a partner. Today, night waking is often diagnosed as insomnia and corrected with sleeping pills, but a book may be a better prescription. And a midday nap. Click here to read more ways to go wild … :: SHARE THIS EMAIL    WITH YOUR FRIENDS   Awakening the Sacred   How did we end up with Wall Street when models for a healthy economy are all around us? What Would a Down-to-Earth Economy Look Like? by David Korten With proper care and respect, Earth can provide a high quality of life for all people in perpetuity. Yet we devastate productive lands and waters for a quick profit, a few temporary jobs, or a one-time resource fix. To secure the health and happiness of future generations, we must embrace life as our defining value and restructure our institutions. This work begins with recognizing what nature has learned about the organization of complex living systems over billions of years. READ MORE ... An Invitation from David Korten Religion, Science, and Spirit: A Sacred Story of Our Time Nearly 20 years ago, I began wrestling with this question: Had we become so individualistic and shortsighted that we gave no particular priority to the survival of the species, even for the sake of our own children? I’ve since realized the problem begins with stories that trap us in mutually suicidal relationships with one another and nature. Liberation begins with bringing to the fore of human consciousness a new sacred story with ancient roots that gives us a reason to care. Check out my essay. Share it. Engage the conversation.   What’s New Online   6 Habits of Highly Empathetic People by Roman Krznaric According to new research, empathy is a habit we can cultivate to improve the quality of our own lives. But what is empathy? And how can you expand your own empathetic potential? Meet the Youngest Member of the Tiny House Movement This 16-year-old is building himself a future free from mortgage payments, not to mention college accommodations that are a bit homier than your average dorm room. Why First Nations Movement Is Our Best Chance for Clean Land and Water by Winona LaDuke In an urgent pursuit for environmental justice and basic human rights, First Nations gather across North America under the banner of Idle No More. 10 Things Science Taught Us About Happiness in 2012 by Jason Marsh Last year’s most surprising, provocative, and inspiring findings on the science of living a meaningful life.   Did you miss…   Audience Favorites: :: 9 Stories That Will Change Your World in 2013 2012 was a year of superstorms, mass shootings, debt strikes, and the most spendy election ever. Here’s how last year’s most important stories will shape 2013. :: Robot Dogs and Other Weird Creatures Bring Nature Back to the City Creating a world where people fly, salamanders text, and trash is useful. :: A Living Sewage Treatment Plant? These People Grew One Every flush of a standard toilet creates a several-gallon problem. Instead of wasting water, plants and animals can transform human waste into water rated pure enough to drink.   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. WISDOM OF NATURE POSTER SET Nature Posters: Gorgeous, thought-provoking. Get the set for just $9. Featuring quotes by Rumi, Carl Sagan, and Blackfoot Chief Crowfoot paired with beautiful color photographs.   Book Review   Inside Will Allen’s Good Food Revolution Like growing vegetables from seed to harvest, overhauling the country's food system takes time.   Web Picks   VIDEO A Mall of America Flash Mob for First Nations’ Rights Hundreds of supporters of the Idle No More movement performed a Round Dance flash mob, one of many similar actions around the world to fight for indigenous land rights. FILM A Feel-Good Movie about Fracking? YES! Interviews Producer of Promised Land Chris Moore, who co-produced Good Will Hunting, has a new film starring Matt Damon as a corporate salesman trying to open up a small town to fracking. Here, YES! publisher Fran Korten gets Moore’s take on the ideas behind the film. 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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