http://www.yesmagazine.org How to tap the sun, wind, tide, and other planet-friendly sources of power. daily 1 2009-06-25T23:33:46Z http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/a-global-push-for-renewable-energy With 142 member nations already signed on, the new International Renewable Energy Agency is promoting a fast, global transition to clean, safe, and renewable energy. No publisher Alice Slater 2010-02-11T05:25:36Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/no-need-to-wait-or-pay-for-climate-technology Did you think most clean energy technology is locked up by patent holders? The Global Innovation Commons lists thousands of energy-saving technologies already in the public domain. No publisher David Bollier copenhagen 2010-02-11T05:42:26Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/climate-action/a-fast-track-from-coal-to-clean-energy New coal plants halted; new renewables coming on line. But what about the old, dirty coal plants? No publisher Alisa Gravitz 2010-02-11T05:49:56Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/climate-action/climate-solutions-from-south-africa-kenya-and-bangladesh In Copenhagen, the question of climate equity will be contentious. But communities in the Global South aren’t waiting for an international agreement. They are turning to sustainable, climate-friendly solutions to address a problem they did little to create, but must nonetheless help to solve. No publisher lotto 2010-02-11T05:49:55Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/climate-action/climate-hero-lorelei-scarbro An Appalachian grandmother says no to coal, yes to wind power. No publisher lotto 2010-02-11T05:49:41Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/climate-action/whats-your-connection-to-mountaintop-removal Power plants across the country use coal from destroyed mountains. Search your zip code to meet the communities and landscapes to which you're connected. No publisher lotto 2010-02-11T05:49:38Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/food-for-everyone/growing-power-in-an-urban-food-desert Will Allen’s farm offers fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, and a taste of the delicious possibilities of farming the urban food deserts. No publisher Roger Bybee 2010-02-11T05:54:51Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/columns/social-change-not-climate-change Activists and communities in the United Kingdom—where over two hundred years ago, the first lumps of coal were burnt to power the industrial revolution—are igniting a historic revolution of their own. Last week, over 1500 people from all walks of life converged in the Kent countryside, just one-hour southeast of London by train, to rally against climate change in a demonstration of collective, sustainable living and creative direct action. No publisher Juliette Beck 2010-02-11T05:52:11Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/multimedia/yes-video/the-first-rural-women-heroes-of-tombouctou If a village in Tombouctou can be solar electrified against such tremendous odds adopting a Barefoot approach, then it is possible to replicate this process anywhere. No publisher admin 2010-02-11T05:39:35Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/multimedia/yes-video/the-first-women-barefoot-solar-engineers-of-the-gambia See the solar installation in process, start to finish: follow two rural illiterate women from The Gambia who learn how to become Barefoot Solar Engineers. No publisher admin 2010-02-11T05:39:23Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/climate-solutions/let-the-sun-shine-in-and-some-wind-too No publisher admin 2010-02-11T05:51:26Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/climate-solutions/barefoot-photographers-photo-essay-4 No publisher admin 2010-02-11T05:51:18Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/climate-solutions/13-best-energy-ideas Investment in energy projects will total $16 trillion in the next two decades. Sarah van Gelder lays out over a dozen sustainable energy policies and technologies that can make our infrastructure more climate friendly. No publisher Sarah van Gelder 2010-02-11T05:50:19Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/climate-solutions/electricity-an-astonishing-abundance Solar energy from photovoltaics, energy from wind, energy from waves and times and from geothermal sources add up to enough to transition from fossil fuels. It is doable. No publisher Guy Dauncey 2010-02-11T05:50:19Z Article http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/go-local/local-energy-local-power Energy for Democracy - wind on the Great Plains could power the country. Tribes are working to bring energy production home. No publisher Winona LaDuke 2010-02-11T05:56:09Z Article