WWW.YESMAGAZINE.ORG  Powerful Ideas, Practical Actions  PEACE & JUSTICE   PLANET     NEW ECONOMY   PEOPLE POWER   HAPPINESS  PLANET   Why Curbing the Climate Crisis Will Take More Than Summits and Divestment Jim Shultz   |   Dec 14, 2012 Targeting the fossil fuel industry is essential, but divestment as the target for action raises the same question as global summitry does: Is it enough?   MORE » HAPPINESS   How I Survived Breaking Up with My Car Erin L. McCoy   |   Dec 14, 2012 Erin McCoy tells the story of how she gave up driving, despite her love for cars, and examines the challenges facing drivers who don't live in cities.    MORE » 3 Lessons for Gracious Living in a Stuff-Filled Season Fran Korten   |   Dec 13, 2012 Last year, YES! publisher Fran Korten shared her efforts to move more stuff out of her house than into it. With the season of “stuff” upon us again, here’s what she’s learned about unstuffing her life.   MORE » NEW ECONOMY   In EU Parliament, a Landslide Vote for “Robin Hood Tax” Sarah Anderson   |   Dec 13, 2012 Eleven countries in Europe hope to raise billions of Euros through a tiny tax on financial speculation. This week, a major vote in the European parliament brings that plan one step closer to becoming reality.   MORE » PEOPLE POWER   Occupy Sandy Provides Relief for More than Just a Storm Jillian Buckley   |   Dec 12, 2012 Most of us who provide disaster relief with Occupy Sandy have learned not to wait for the powers that be to save the day, when change will ultimately come from ordinary citizens.   MORE » Obama’s Grassroots Supporters Demand “Jobs Not Cuts” Deepak Bhargava   |   Dec 10, 2012 Obama’s grassroots supporters voted for jobs and social services, not for the budget cuts that Congress is demanding. Now they’re working to make sure that message is not forgotten.   MORE » PEACE & JUSTICE   Detroiters Question “World’s Largest Urban Farm” James Trimarco   |   Dec 11, 2012 To many Detroit residents—and especially to its established urban gardeners—the approval of a large-scale urban farm raises serious questions about the future of food and land in the city.    MORE » VIDEO OF THE WEEK    Washington Tribe Welcomes State’s First Same-Sex Weddings Dec 12, 2012 This weekend, the S’Klallam tribe made the historic Heronswood botanical gardens available free of charge to gay and lesbian couples who wanted to get married on the first day it was legal.   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