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Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions         March 2011  In this newsletter, more highlights from the SPRING issue of YES! Magazine Joel Salatin and Sunaura Taylor tackle the question… Joel Salatin: How to Eat Meat and Respect It, Too Joel Salatin is no simple farmer. When he speaks, he at times takes on the air of a Southern preacher, philosopher, heretic, businessman, activist, or ecological engineer. Since Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma and the film Food, Inc. brought him to fame as the man who raises meat the right way, Salatin has become a sought-after speaker. But he still spends most of his time on his rural Virginia farm—with the chickens, baling hay, moving cows from one paddock to another… It is perhaps Salatin’s unwillingness to compartmentalize that has made him such a compelling moral voice for the food movement. For Salatin, farming is inseparable from ethics, politics, faith, or ecology. There’s a missionary quality to Salatin’s farming. He speaks of his work as a ministry and as healing. He calls his animals “co-laborers” and “dance partners” and says he respects each animal’s distinctiveness. Who better to articulate an ethic of how, when, and whether we should raise and eat our fellow animals? READ THIS EXCLUSIVE YES! INTERVIEW … :: SHARE THESE ARTICLES WITH YOUR FRIENDS    And the Counterpoint… Humane Meat? No Such Thing Sunaura Taylor: “Should we eat animals? My disability gives me a unique view on the oxymoron ‘humane meat.’” :: SUBSCRIBE TO YES! TODAY :: Special offer: A year of YES! for just $15 plus a FREE issue :: PEEK INSIDE THE SPRING ISSUE   What’s New Online   Wisconsin Awakens a Sleeping Giant As Wisconsin’s attack on workers spreads to other states, so does the historic uprising that began in Madison. A Law Against Lying on the News Why Canada has one and the U.S. doesn’t. Tackling Corporate Power, One Town at a Time How communities are saying “no” to corporate drilling—even if it means bucking state law. Heroes of a Moral Economy All around you are everyday heroes who refuse to be complicit in the economic mistreatment of other people.   Time to End Nuclear Weapons…   Presidential declarations and filmmakers’ scare tactics get the attention—meanwhile, powerful grassroots movements build on 60 years of effort. Nuclear Disarmament is People’s Work Are people in the United States too comfortable with the existence of nuclear weapons? How do you motivate the public to care about the nuclear threat and instill the hope to work toward change? At times it seems that a good jolt of fear might be the answer. Maybe then we would finally wake from denial and do something about the dangers of nuclear arms: the risk that one of the nuclear powers may choose to use the ultimate weapon of mass destruction, the bomb’s distortion of power relationships among nations, the potential for accident or terror to unleash some catastrophe. MORE… COUNTDOWN TO ZERO An estimated 23,000 nuclear weapons exist in the world. Why that number needs to be zero. Watch the trailer for the film, Countdown to Zero.   People We Love   Shannon McNamara Sharing education in Africa. Inez Killingsworth How one outspoken resident is helping Cleveland’s families keep their homes.   Fighting Foreclosures Bradley Manning Challenging secrecy with WikiLeaks. Mari Rose Taruc Environmental justice for all.   Did you miss…   Highlights from the last newsletter: :: 7 Steps for Action Toward a New Economy Seven reasons why our Old Economy is failing—each paired with its New Economy solution. :: Animals, Our Selves   All around us are radiant species. What can the first peoples teach us about restoring our relationship with animals? :: My Antidote to Overwhelm   Shannon Hayes: People ask me, “How do you do it all?“ The answer is, I don’t … and there’s a good reason for that.   How to Get More YES!  $15 SUBSCRIPTION A year of YES! Magazine for just $15. Plus a bonus issue. NONPROFIT. INDEPENDENT. SUBSCRIBER-SUPPORTED. DONATE and help us inspire action for a better world. YES! KLEAN KANTEEN® Instant inspiration* (*Just add water) Support our work and support the planet too with the healthiest, safest bottle you can get.   World Water Week  March 22 was World Water Day. See feature articles from the Water Solutions issue of YES! Magazine. Water: Will There Be Enough? How can we change our water habits to work with nature and keep water flowing? Just the Facts :: Water Footprints How much water do we use? More than any other country, it turns out. And we could save a lot. 6 Simple Ways to Bring the Water Revolution Home Get tight with your water budget, live large on dishwater, save some rain, and get your activist feet wet (really). It’s Everybody’s Water It’s time we fell in love with the simple bundle of atoms that makes the world possible. :: MORE WATER SOLUTIONS   Awards Time…  Vote for YES! YES! has been nominated for two of Treehugger’s annual Best of Green Awards, Best Business and Politics Website and Twitter feed. If you’re a fan of YES! content, vote for 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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