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YES! Magazine For Veterans Day, this story from Dr. Edward Tick, an expert on post traumatic stress disorder, author of War and the Soul, and founder of Soldier's Heart.
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Breaking the cycle of war making: our country will not find peace until we take responsibility for our wars.
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On this 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, YES! editor Sarah van Gelder asks, "Can we build such a people power movement today, strong enough to overcome the power of global corporations and wise enough to collaborate across our many differences? Because that's what it will take to get on with the urgent ...business of stopping climate catastrophe, building sustainable economies, reorienting our societies away from violence and militarism and towards a world that works for all."Read More
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Some say it was Ronald Reagan's toughness that forced down the wall. But detente between East and West and grassroots people's movements deserve the credit.
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I'm kicking off an effort to get this Community Biopower Facility funded for permanent green jobs in WV's coalfields and we need lots of votes quick at http://brighterplanet.com/project_fund_p
do you think you could pitch in with all three votes the site gives you so the J.O.B.S. Project can get $5,000 to strengthen the campaign?
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Brighter Planet is a free online service that helps everyday people take control of their environmental footprint.
YES! Magazine Envision Spokane's Community Bill of Rights (Prop 4) didn't pass yesterday, but it pioneered new ground in protecting basic rights for the environment, locally based economies, and the self-determination of neighborhoods.
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Of all the candidates, bills, and proposals on ballots around the country yesterday, one of the most exciting is a proposition that didn’t pass.
YES! Magazine At "free schools," kids take ownership over their learning, deciding what they want to learn and when they want to learn it. They move and learn in a way that's natural to them. This is Gia Rae Winsryg-Ulmer's story of teaching the Dolphin Group (ages 5-7) at Brooklyn Free School.
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Gia Rai Winsryg-Ulmer knew she found her place to teach when she walked through the doors of Brooklyn Free School three years ago. See how Gia and BFS honor children's rights to be themselves and become the happy, healthy, and independent thinking people they are meant to be. This is Gia's Story.
YES! Magazine In his recent interview with The Yes Men's Andy Bichlbaum, Foreign Policy In Focus analyst Mark Engler finds out how two guys with business cards punked Dow, Exxon, and the World Trade Organization — and how their prankster activism has changed over the past ten years.
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An interview with Andy Bichlbaum, one of The Yes Men, an infamously daring and creative duo of anti-corporate pranksters.
YES! Magazine The New York City Solidarity Economy mapping project features over 70 businesses and services that contribute to a local solidarity economy. Cooperatives like Beyond Care childcare, Si Se Puede! housekeeping, and We Can Fix It! remodeling, are rooted in the values of social justice, community empowerment, and cooperation — not competition. Annie McShiras shares more about this growing movement.
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How can one small childcare cooperative help create an economy founded on teamwork, social justice, and democracy?
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More stories for Co-op Month! Buzz is building about Evergreen Cooperatives, Cleveland's growing network of cooperative businesses. The story below, by Gar Alperovitz, Ted Howard, and Steve Dubb, shows how community partners like the The Cleveland Foundation, ShoreBank, and the Ohio Employee Ownership Center at Kent St...ate are playing a role in developing green jobs and community wealth in Ohio. Don't miss this Evergreen Cooperatives video: http://yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-e
Cleveland's Future with Worker-Owned and Cooperative Businesses by Gar Alperovitz, Ted Howard and St
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Rust-belt to recovery through worker-owned business and city, hospital, and university cooperation.
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The UN's Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen is just over a month away and the heat is on for the powerful, rapidly emerging, global movement for climate action. Richard Graves, blogger and online campaigner for tcktcktck gives us an update. Also, check out the freshly released Greenpeace International video, featu...ring last Saturday's 350.org actions around the world: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZkcFvMuu
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This weekend's international day of action heralded the emergence of a global grassroots climate movement. Next up: December 12.
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Our board chair, David Korten, says the existing economy promotes violence against people, community, and nature — and that it's time to rethink and restructure the economic system. David presented the following speech, "Path to a Peace Economy," on October 19th, during a keynote lecture at the Economics of Peace Confe...rence in Sonoma, California. http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/p
YES! Magazine Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, executive director of Green For All, called Portland, Oregon's Clean Energy Works "one of the nation's leading models for how to use Recovery Act funds, not just to stimulate short-term economic activity, but to lay the foundation for long-term economic, environmental, and community health." Read more about it in Roger Valdez's report below.
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In Portland, Recovery Act funds are 'laying the foundation for long-term economic, environmental, and community health.'
YES! Magazine Check out the inspiring International Day of Climate Action slideshow on 350.org's website — video and photos have been streaming in from around the world. Did you take part? We'd love to hear about it!
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350.org is an global grassroots campaign to stop the climate crisis, building from an International Day of Climate Action on October 24 to the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December of 2009.
YES! Magazine Saturday is the Global Day of Climate Action — looking for activities near you? Check out 350.org for locations and updates. Bill McKibben and Tim Flannery joined Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! this morning to talk about the growing climate movement, October 24th, and the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.
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As expectations for action in Copenhagen diminish, activists are raising their voices. Amy Goodman interviews Bill McKibben, co-founder and director of 350.org, and Australian scientist Tim Flannery, chair of the Copenhagen Climate Council and author of The Weather Makers.
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Addressing the climate crisis will take all of us, in actions large and small. YES! staff have been thinking about our own next steps, and sharing stories on the YES! Climate Blog. See YES! editor Madeline Ostrander's introduction below. And if you're interested in joining people worldwide who'll be participating in cl...imate actions this Saturday —4,227 events and counting!—see our previous post below about the 350.org movement!Read More
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Climate change is really, really big. Do our small actions matter? YES! staff gets personal about climate change on our blogs.
YES! Magazine October 24th is a global day of climate action—4227 actions in 170 countries, so far! See Bill McKibben's article below and check out what's happening in your area at 350.org. Are you excited about Saturday? What are your plans?
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From Mount Everest to the Maldives, people worldwide are turning an arcane number into a movement for a stable climate. Bill McKibben asks: Will you join them?
