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Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions         April 2011  In this newsletter, more highlights from the SPRING issue of YES! Magazine, “Can Animals Save Us? What They Teach Us About Being Human” Wildlife Right of Way For too long the Western world has tried to live separately from—or in opposition to—nature. Ignorance of the deep interconnectivity of life is dangerous not only for wolves, bears, and zebras but also for us. As our air and water grow dirtier and our soil thinner, animal species suffer, but ultimately so will humans unless we act. Rewilding offers a way to revitalize biodiversity, rebuild our environment, and reconnect on a large scale what has become disconnected: humans and natural landscapes. MORE… :: SHARE THIS NEWSLETTER WITH YOUR FRIENDS    DOMESTICATED One photographer’s take on the mystery of the wild, and our constant efforts to tame it. What’s So Special About Humans? We take for granted that humans have rights. Courts say corporations do, too. Now, there’s growing interest in rights for Nature and animals. When the first abolitionists declared that slaves should be freed, their opponents argued that blacks were the property of their owners and giving them rights would cripple the American economy… Today, similar claims are being made about a new effort to expand rights. But the recipients of these rights are not human beings—they’re animals and ecosystems. Advocates from Pennsylvania to Bolivia are using ancient traditions, new scientific research, and a growing body of legal scholarship to argue that society can and should recognize these rights.   MORE … :: What If Orangutans Had Their Day In Court? Environmentalists say nature should have legally recognized rights. But what does that really mean? Read this YES! interview with Cormac Cullinan, a leader in the rights-of-nature movement. What’s the Harm in Hunting? It’s an expression of our most fundamental relationship with nature, but can you really be moral and be a hunter, too? Our intern headed into the wild to find out. 20,000 New Species Under the Sea Who lives in the ocean? The world’s first census of the sea introduces thousands of new creatures, and the impact we’re having on them.   :: FREE TRIAL OFFER :: You can try us out with a FREE Trial Issue. Apply by Apr 30, and we’ll send you the Animals issue FREE. PEEK INSIDE THE MAGAZINE       YES! named as TreeHugger’s Best of Green…   SAMPLE OUR RECENT AWARD-WINNING COVERAGE: 42 Ways to Not Make Trash Together with his family, Colin Beavan—aka No Impact Man—spent a year trying to live in the middle of New York City without having a negative impact on the environment. One of his first challenges: getting through everyday life without producing trash. Read his favorite tips and tricks. GET COLIN’S BOOK “NO IMPACT MAN” FREE WHEN YOU BECOME A DEDICATED FRIEND OF YES! MAGAZINE! The Law of Mother Earth: Behind Bolivia’s Historic Bill A new law expected to pass in Bolivia mandates a fundamental ecological reorientation of the nation’s economy and society. Tim DeChristopher: The Climate Movement Needs to Step It Up Speaking at Power Shift 2011, activist Tim DeChristopher says it’s high time the environmental movement stop just making statements—and start taking a stand. Power Shift: How the Youth Climate Movement is Changing the Game YES! Interview: Jessy Tolkan: In the fight for the climate, students are leading the way.   What’s New Online   Don’t Get Fooled Again: Writing Our Own Economic Future My neighbors and I know we can’t go back to the old economy. But what can we do to build a new one? The World of Our Dreams by David Korten A stunning and hopeful truth: The world we must create in order to survive is also the vision that unites us. The Refugee Child Photographers How photography training and disposable cameras are giving young Palestinian refugees something new—a voice. Vermont’s Bill: Is it Single-Payer Health Care? A Q&A session to help demystify Vermont’s new health care bill. :: 5 ways TO REAL HEALTH   Did you miss…   Highlights from the last newsletter: :: Warrior Baboons Give Peace a Chance Scientists have long said humans are naturally violent and, like other primates, can’t change. Then a trick of fate turned a troop of baboons into peacemakers. :: 10 Things Science Says Will Make You Happy   Scientists can tell us how to be happy. Really. Here are 10 ways, with the research to prove it. :: 10 Everyday Acts of Resistance That Changed the World   Václav Havel called it “the power of the powerless.” How regular people, from Denmark to Liberia, have stood up to power—and won.   How to Get More YES!  GET OUR CURRENT ISSUE FOR FREE Find out what you’re missing. Try us out. :: PEEK INSIDE $15 SUBSCRIPTION Get a year of YES! Magazine for just $15. + A BONUS ISSUE :: 54% OFF NONPROFIT. INDEPENDENT. SUBSCRIBER-SUPPORTED. YES! TOTE Just right for the Farmers Market! Show the world your positive attitude.   Facts that tell a story… The Page That Counts Amount of real money Jon Jacobs received for virtual online real estate: $635,000. Average price of a home in the U.S.: $170,600. Watch our video. :: MORE PAGE THAT COUNTS   YES! But How? Propagating Plants “I’d like to start a garden, but buying plants can be expensive. I’ve read of propagating cuttings using rooting hormones. Is there a natural way to propagate?” :: MORE GREEN LIVING TIPS   Books  GreenDeen: What Islam Teaches About Protecting the Planet A review by Jamal Rahman. How Islamic faith and environmentalism can be combined in everyday life.    :: MORE REVIEWS   Web Picks   VIDEO How to Fight Fracking and Win What started as one couple’s fight against gas drilling in their local park grew into a campaign to save more than 700,000 acres of Pennsylvania forest. AUDIO National Treasures How one Baltimore-born Motown veteran is preserving two of the country’s most precious resources: wild mustangs and at-risk children.   FILM The Economics of Happiness Why are we so lonely when we have so much? Beyond the unhappiness of a disconnected world are new—and very old—ways we can turn it around. PHOTO ESSAY The Teatime Series How backyard hummingbirds gave a healing photojournalist a new lens on life. 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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