Just the Facts: Foreign Aid vs. Military Spending
The U.S. spends piles of money on foreign aid, right? See how the spending actually stacks up.
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Secretary of State says, “No Nuclear Weapons”
Sarah van Gelder interviews former Secretary of State, George Shultz, who advocates abolition of nuclear weapons as the means to stop further proliferation and avert dangerous terrorism or all-out war.
Heal the Warrior, Heal the Country
Breaking the cycle of war making: our country will not find peace until we take responsibility for our wars.
What’s possible in a post-carbon world
Can we get to a post-carbon world? Guy Dauncey shows how to make buildings, electricity, transportation, food, and forests climate friendly. Yes, we can.
Who’s Willing to Step Up?
It turns out people are willing to make sacrifices to stop Global Warming: polling data from 23 countries confirms that people are ready to do what it takes.
The Amazing Power of Green Slime
Using algae for biofuels as a possible solution. The oil in algae can be converted into biodiesel and its carbohydrate components into ethanol.
Terra Preta, a Solution Buried in the Dirt
Agrichar is another solution to reducing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere.
Just the Facts : Global Warming and Climate Solutions
Climate’s Vicious Cycle A penguin walking on a melting glacier. Photo illustration by Hiroshi Howell/Getty Images We Are 2° from Disaster: How to Turn it Around Rising sea levels threaten
Who’s Responsible? 100 Years of CO2
Who’s Responsible for 100 Years of CO2: Our YES! Magazine Graphic gives Just the Facts on global warming and global equity.
Sustainable Appalachia: The Healing Harvest Forest Foundation
Over the past decade, a growing network of practitioners across Appalachia have chosen to live with horses in a utilitarian way. They are using horse power to practice “restorative forestry.”
The Fierce Urgency of Now
A call for beloved communities from Grace Lee Boggs: "We are living in a time of great peril and possibility."
YES! But How? Green Burials, Plastic Bags, and Rain Barrels
Practical tips on green burials, rain water collection, and vegetable storage without plastic.
Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep from Singing?
In a 2007 interview, folk singer Pete Seeger talks about hitchhiking with Woody Guthrie, inspiring people with music, and the power of millions of small changes.
The Greatest Danger
In the face of global warming it is hard to escape a sense of outrage, fear, despair. Author, deep-ecologist, and Buddhist scholar Joanna Macy says that speaking the truth of our anguish for the world brings down the walls between us, drawing us into deep solidarity.
Preparing for a Post-Carbon World
The Transition Town movement brings neighbors together to prepare their communities for a post-carbon world. And finds that "the future with less oil could be preferable."
Appalachia—Down a Greener Road
In Appalachia people have learned that going green isn't all about what you have to give up, but it can make your life richer. The Central Appalachian Network hatched hundreds of new businesses, and inspired many more to a shift to local, organic sales.
The Secret Life of Plug-In Cars
Plug-in hybrids and electric cars can run on wind or solar power, and driving an all-electric vehicle cuts greenhouse gas emissions by up to 65 percent. A cool car review from Plug In America.
13 Best Energy Policy Ideas (And a Couple of Duds)
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.
We Are 2° from Disaster: How to Turn it Around
A 2-degree rise in temperature is the most the Earth can tolerate without dangerous climate change, scientists tell us.
Ecuador Offers a Half-Off Climate Swap
The ITT oil fields, located within Ecuador's Yasuní National Park, have become the center of an experiment that could bring equity and human rights into the climate equation.
Climate’s Vicious Cycle
A little temperature rise can unlock vicious feedback loops that speed global warming. If global temperatures continue to rise, some of these feedbacks could spiral beyond our ability to reverse them.
Building a Movement to Stop Climate Change
Next to nuclear war, the climate crisis may be the biggest challenge ever to confront the human race.
Acupuncture for All
With increasing numbers of people unable to afford health care, community practitioners are making acupuncture accessible to everyone. Pamela O'Malley Change invites us to "Imagine acupuncture being the medicine everyone
uses and values."
Pirates on the Open Airwaves
Low-power transmitters are making local radio accessible to many. Is this pirate radio or is it serving the public interest?
On Critical Mass and the First Amendment
Do you need a permit to ride bicycles in New York? Critical Mass bicyclists say the First Amendment is their permit.
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