WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  PEOPLE POWER   Corporate Control? Not in These Communities Allen D. Kanner   |   Feb 04, 2011 Can local laws have a real effect on the power of giant corporations?   MORE » NEW ECONOMY   5 Ways to Help Your Community Go Local Jeff Milchen   |   Feb 03, 2011 Buy Independent and Buy Local campaigns have a big effect, according to a new survey of independent businesses. Here’s how you can reap the benefits for your local economy.   MORE » Money From Nothing? David Korten   |   Feb 01, 2011 Many economists and financiers believe it’s possible. But what looks like magic is really illusion.   MORE » HAPPINESS   How to Be a Car-Free Family Angela and Dorea Vierling-Claassen   |   Feb 02, 2011 Think having kids means you need a car? Think again.   MORE » PLANET   Tunisia, Egypt, and the Big Picture Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed   |   Feb 02, 2011 Egypt lies on the fault lines of the convergence of global ecological, energy, and economic crises—and thus, on the frontlines of deepening global system failure.   MORE » Farmer by Farmer, an Organic Transition John Cavanagh, Robin Broad   |   Jan 31, 2011 After decades of chemicals, farmers in the Philippines are seeing the benefits of organic farming. But what convinced them to make the switch in the first place?   MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE   Egypt: Lessons in Democracy Stephen Zunes   |   Feb 01, 2011 Could 2011 be to the Arab world what 1989 was to Eastern Europe?   MORE » VIDEO OF THE WEEK    Lost Generation Feb 04, 2011 You may wonder why Jonathan Reed would write such a depressing poem about society—until you read the poem in reverse.   MORE » YES! Magazine  ::  www.yesmagazine.org 284 Madrona Way NE, Suite 116, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110-2870, USA CONTACT US VIA EMAIL   ::  Phone: 206-842-0216 / 1-800 937 4451 We never sell or share our email list. To remove yourself from this list, go back to your email and click the unsubscribe link at the top.  Please add yesnewsletters@yesmagazine.org to your email address book to ensure delivery.   If this email was forwarded to you, sign up for your own YES! Magazine newsletters Each quarter, YES! Magazine takes on today’s critical issues with a fresh and positive point of view. Our stories fuse powerful ideas and practical actions, and inspire people to create a better world. YES! is an independent, non-profit, ad-free magazine printed on 100% post-consumer-waste paper. SUBSCRIBE TODAY AT THIS SPECIAL RATE