WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS   YES! Magazine’s Green Holiday Gift Guide Our guide to gifts that are thoughtful, fun, creative, and sustainable: Including tips, how-tos, books, and more for earth-friendly celebrating this year and beyond.   MORE » NEW ECONOMY   4 Ways to Leap the “Fiscal Cliff” to a Better U.S.A. Sarah van Gelder   |   Dec 06, 2012 Sarah van Gelder looks beyond the hype about the deficit and finds four ways to balance the books while protecting our health and financial security.   MORE » PLANET   Cartoon: Hank D and the Bee: Unexpected Weather Joe Mohr   |   Dec 05, 2012 SEE THE CARTOON ONLINE » Protecting the Ozone: 25 Years of the Montreal Protocol Heidi Bruce   |   Dec 05, 2012 How a universal treaty is still working to protecting the ozone layer a quarter-century later.   MORE » Doha Talks Show Need for Climate Action in Post-Sandy U.S. Janet Redman   |   Dec 04, 2012 Will the United States ever change its policy of obstructing international action to stop climate change? If so, the political pressure to change the country’s role will have to come from the American people.   MORE » HAPPINESS   Pete Seeger: “You Stick Together ’Til It’s Won” Kim Ruehl   |   Dec 04, 2012 Book Review: Gleaned from letters, essays, and articles, “Pete Seeger: In His Own Words” reveals how the celebrated folk singer has considered, at every turn, what it means to sing out in a world where the din of injustice is deafening.   MORE » PEOPLE POWER   We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists Valerie Schloredt   |   Dec 04, 2012 Film Review: Whether you think the cyberactivists of Anonymous are hooligans or heroes, “We Are Legion” is required viewing.   MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE   Ontario First Nation Wins Cleaner Forest after 10 Years of Logging Blockade Anna Willow   |   Dec 03, 2012 On December 3, 2002, members of the Grassy Narrows First Nation blockaded the road used to haul logs out of the area. Ten years later, their persistence has paid off in the form of cleaner water and a healthier forest in which to live.   MORE » VIDEO OF THE WEEK    20 Machines for a DIY Civilization Dec 06, 2012 Video: Open Source Ecology has released free plans for building tractors, brick compressors, and other essential machines. Why pay more for stuff that's designed to fall apart?   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