Clean Energy How to tap the sun, wind, tide, and other planet-friendly sources of power. 2013-05-23T11:29:58-07:00 Positive Futures Network en YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine daily 1 2009-06-25T23:33:46Z “World’s Greenest Office Building” Makes Net-Zero Look Easy It’s a commercial office space equipped with composting toilets, rainwater showers, and a stairway designed to be so beautiful that no one ever takes the elevator. Positive Futures Network Samantha Thomas YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-04-26T20:25:59Z Article text/html Building a Solar Economy: 4 Lessons from Hawaii Hawaii generates more of its power from the sun than any other state. Here’s what the rest of us can learn from the obstacles that came up along the way and and what’s being done to overcome them. Positive Futures Network Erin L. McCoy YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-04-22T14:09:04Z Article text/html Empowered by the Past: Red State Co-ops Go Green A century ago, cooperatives electrified the poorest counties in the nation. Today, can they lead the way to a smarter, cleaner grid? Positive Futures Network Brooke Jarvis YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-04-05T19:09:54Z Article text/html Gas Industry Report Calls Anti-Fracking Movement a “Highly Effective Campaign” A report intended to help the oil and gas industry squash the anti-fracking movement turns out to be full of useful information—and admits that much of what activists are saying is true. Positive Futures Network Katrina Rabeler YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-03-27T19:40:06Z Article text/html Why You Don’t Frack With John Lennon’s Farm When fracking hits close to home, Mark Ruffalo, Debra Winger, Yoko Ono, and other big names find common ground with small towns. Positive Futures Network Lisa Mullenneaux YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-03-06T18:16:10Z Article text/html Farmer-Philosopher Fred Kirschenmann on Food and the Warming Future In this wide-ranging interview, Kirschenmann gives YES! the dirt on the future of farming. Positive Futures Network Peter Pearsall YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-02-26T17:55:54Z Article text/html Can Carbon-Mopping “Artificial Trees” Slow Climate Crisis? Two scientists at Columbia University believe that carbon-mopping machines modeled after trees could sequester enough carbon from the atmosphere to slow global warming. But can we produce them quickly (and cheaply) enough for the plan to work? Positive Futures Network Richard Schiffman YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-02-09T04:25:52Z Article text/html What’s Cheaper than Solar, Slashes Carbon Emissions, and Creates Jobs in Kentucky? Having an energy-efficient home saves the owners money, but they often procrastinate on improvements. When energy companies in Kansas and Kentucky figured out a way to sweeten the deal, the results brought good news for homeowners, contractors, and for the planet. Positive Futures Network Erin L. McCoy YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en Climate change 2013-02-05T01:25:39Z Article text/html What’s Stephen Colbert’s Solution to Climate Change? Video: Stephen Colbert gets a lot of laughs out of climate change—at the expense of pundits who seem to have decided that solving the problem is just too much work. Positive Futures Network YES! Online Staff YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-02-01T17:27:52Z Article text/html How President Obama Can Turn Climate Speech Into Action Many were surprised to hear President Barack Obama take up climate change at today’s inaugural address. Here are a few ways the president can seize the moment and transform our approach to climate action. Positive Futures Network Sarah van Gelder YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2013-01-22T18:27:38Z Article text/html 5 Ways the Space Program Helps Us Fight Climate Change From tracking glaciers to predicting crop failure to figuring out how to store solar energy in molten salt, NASA has produced some of our best tools in the fight against climate change. Positive Futures Network Erin L. McCoy YES! 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Magazine en 2012-11-06T04:08:48Z Article text/html 5 Issues this Election Should Be About, and One to Drop Cutting through the campaign rhetoric and attack ads, here are five issues we believe should be at the center of the 2012 election, plus one that has no place in the public sphere. Positive Futures Network Sarah van Gelder YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! Magazine en 2012 Election 2012-10-18T00:42:16Z Article text/html Full Speed Ahead for Coal Train Opposition The battle over exporting coal is a crossroads for the Pacific Northwest. Will the region stay its course toward clean energy, or become a global trafficking hub for the most dangerous fossil fuel? Positive Futures Network KC Golden YES! Magazine encourages you to make free use of this article by taking these <a href="http://www.yesmagazine.org/about/reprints">easy steps</a>., YES! 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