Your Favorite YES! Stories of 2022
The top 10 most popular YES! stories this year are as diverse as the interests of our audience.
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Resurrecting Climate-Resilient Rice in India
Seemingly miraculous varieties that can withstand drought, flood, and saltwater intrusion are the result of centuries of selective breeding by ancient farmers.
8 Books for Insight and Inspiration
YES! staff members recommend reads that provoke thought and prompt action.
Looking to Women to Shape the Future of Berlin’s Transportation
An initiative to make the city car-free is prompting a larger dialogue around equity in urban design.
Overcoming Colonial Thinking to Connect With Life
The pull of solving problems is nearly irresistible, but we should prioritize relationships with our environment.
A Site That Safeguards Migrants’ Educational Credentials
When people forced to flee their homes then arrive in new countries, their efforts to continue with higher education and careers are often stymied.
Oracle Cards Inspired by the Earth
An ecological card deck offers wise teachings and prompts healing.
Nigerian Climate Action Group Trades Trash for Cash
Youth climate activists create companies to transform waste management and give hope.
Beyond BMI: A New Book Embodies Fat Liberation
Evette Dionne’s new and highly personal book pushes back against cultural and medical fat shaming.
Social Change, at the Cellular Level
A new book argues that even small things can help grow the world we want.
The Fight for Housing Justice in Los Angeles
From the Los Angeles Tenants Union to Downtown Crenshaw, communities of color in L.A. are rewriting the rules of housing rights.
It’s Time to Make Accessibility Our Collective Responsibility
More than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the burden of enforcement often still falls on disabled people and their families.
Democracy Lives to Fight Another Day
Take a breather as we roll into the end of 2022, because the year ahead is going to keep all of us on our toes to defend democracy. Again.
Community Land Trusts Build Climate-Resilient Affordable Housing
“Storms are nature’s way of causing gentrification,” so one couple bought property damaged by Hurricane Irma and placed it in a public trust.
Poor Public Policy—Not Individual Moral Failure—Is What Threatens Public Health
People misuse morality to demonize one another’s choices and actions, letting policymakers and corporations off the hook.
Murmurations: Accountable Endings
The end of a world built on toxic ideas of supremacy can make way for a better, more collective and connected existence, writes adrienne maree brown.
Carving a Better Tomorrow Out of a Worsening Today
Frida Berrigan reflects on living in a world of tipping points.
Black and Unapologetic in Nature
“My journeys in nature have been profound experiences of Black people coming together to cultivate healing, community, and joy.”
Dreaming of Indigenous Futures
For National Native American Heritage Month, we asked three artists to illustrate their Indigenous dreams.
Hopeful Signs of Climate Culture Shift at COP27
Favianna Rodriguez says the cultural successes at COP27 overshadow the political failures.
Where Racial Disparities Are Shrinking Fast … In Prisons
A big decrease in the incarceration rate of Black adults may lead to parity in the near future.
The Deadly Consequences of Hate
LGBTQ people have always been the ones to keep each other safe. But we shouldn’t have to.
Indigenous and Black Communities Find Common Cause for Land Justice
Historically, Indigenous and Black folks have been turned against each other by colonizers and enslavers. Now, communities are learning from one another and finding solidarity in efforts to reclaim stolen lands.
Louisiana Communities Show the Many Contours of Climate Migration
Organizers are tackling climate displacement from all angles—advocating for climate-displaced people, providing them with resources, and making their communities more climate-resilient.
Nonprofits Need to Practice What They Preach
Nonprofit organizations attract employees from diverse backgrounds, but often fail to create affirming workplace cultures for them.
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