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Meet the Rainforest-Dwelling Malaysian Farmers Fighting to Keep their Land above Water

by James Trimarco

posted May 24, 2013

The dams would cost $105 billion, flood an area twice the size of LA, and force the relocation of tens of thousands of indigenous people. Against all the odds, the local forest-dwelling people are coming together and organizing in a way that’s unheard of in this part of the world.

Get Apocalyptic: Why Radical is the New Normal

by Robert Jensen

posted May 24, 2013

Feeling anxious about life in a broken economy on a strained planet? Turn despair into action.

March Against Monsanto: Saturday’s Fight for Food Freedom Spreads to 36 Countries

by Ken Butigan

posted May 23, 2013

This weekend, people in 250 cities on 6 continents will march against meddling in the global food supply by Monsanto—the company that brought us Agent Orange, Dioxin, PCBs, and the bovine growth hormone.

For a Future that Won’t Destroy Life on Earth, Look to the Global Indigenous Uprising

by Kristin Moe

posted May 23, 2013

Idle No More is the latest incarnation of an age-old movement for life that doesn't depend on infinite extraction and growth. Now, armed with Twitter and Facebook, once-isolated groups from Canada to South America are exchanging resources and support like never before.

Fracking the Suburbs: An Explosive Combination?

by Peter Pearsall

posted May 15, 2013

As oil and gas get harder to find, the industry is drilling in suburbia—and the neighbors aren’t pleased.

Vandana Shiva on the Future of Food

posted May 14, 2013

Join us for YES! Magazine’s 3rd Annual Celebration on September 12th.

The Farm Bill’s “Government Handouts”: Who Really Benefits?

by Shannon Hayes

posted May 14, 2013

There’s nothing like talk of “government handouts” to get people upset. But when it comes to farm bill, the real culprits might not be who you think they are.

Would Smokey the Bear Get Arrested to Stop Fracking?

by Peter Rugh

posted May 09, 2013

When artist Lopi LaRoe used Smokey the Bear imagery to encourage anti-fracking activism, the Forest Service threatened her with a lawsuit.

Vermont Time Bankers Build a More Personal Economy

posted Apr 26, 2013

Video: Whatever service you might need, you’re likely to be able to get it at Onion River Time Bank, where you pay by doing what you love.

Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

by Nadia Colburn

posted Apr 22, 2013

When author Florence Williams learned her breast milk contained chemicals like flame retardants, she started investigating what exactly is in a breast and how that body part connects us to our children, our past, and our surroundings.

Houston’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Draws the Line at Alberta Tar Sands

by Kristin Moe

posted Apr 22, 2013

If the Keystone XL pipeline is approved, 90 percent of the tar sands crude that flows through it will be processed near an embattled Houston neighborhood called Manchester. Residents are joining up to demand a healthier future.

“World’s Greenest Office Building” Makes Net-Zero Look Easy

by Samantha Thomas

posted Apr 22, 2013

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.

Newly Released Tim DeChristopher Finds a Movement Transformed by His Courage

by Melanie Jae Martin

posted Apr 22, 2013

Tim DeChristopher, who was just released from federal custody, is best known as the man who disrupted an auction of pristine public lands. But there’s more to his story than his role as “Bidder 70.”

Big City Farmers Take to the Rooftops

by YES! online staff

posted Apr 18, 2013

Space is expensive in Brooklyn, so Gotham Greens built their urban farm on a rooftop.

A World without Landfills? It’s Closer than You Think

by Jen Soriano

posted Apr 17, 2013

Two recipients of this year’s Goldman Environmental Prize are working to abolish the practice of sending trash to landfills and incinerators. And the idea is catching on.