View From a Tiny Deep-Sea Diver
I hope to inspire people to want to change, to cut off their plastic usage little by little.
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The Fallacy of Our Carbon Footprint
Big Oil says citizens should do more to stop climate change.
What to Do With Piles of Plastic Waste?
Other countries get creative.
One of the World鈥檚 Biggest Cities Outlawed Single-Use Plastic
Mexico City鈥檚 22 million people discovered change is not that simple.
What Comes After This Plastic-Filled Pandemic?
A new generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals鈥� easy reliance on single-use plastic.
Toward Eco-Social Justice
The disconnection and buried shame that hold us back.
Should I Wear Plants or Plastic?
Textiles are the second largest source of plastic waste.
Don鈥檛 Let Consumerism Co-opt the Zero-Waste Concept
The movement began as anti-consumerist. Yet now there are marketing ploys, feelings of inadequacy, and misplaced responsibility.
Plastic World or Plastic-Free World?
The plastic crisis is tied not only to ecological destruction, but also drives systemic injustice.
With plastic鈥檚 fall, will we rise?
Introduction: The Solving Plastic Issue
In this issue we explore the history of plastic, its global impacts, and some of the most inspiring solutions we鈥檝e come across.
Why I Give – MaryEllen Wilson
MaryEllen Wilson became a regular supporter of YES! in 2020, shortly after discovering two old issues. Retired from a busy career, she now spends her time reading, writing, knitting, painting,
鈥淚 Have Decided to Stick with Love鈥�
Dear Reader, Today, I am thinking about love. A fraught, confusing, full-of-potential kind of love. It鈥檚 like this: I鈥檓 writing to you on the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.,
Readers Respond – Winter 2021
Winter 2021: What the Rest of the World Knows The Better Ideas issue sparked conversations about potential solutions to some of the ongoing challenges facing the United States, from our
YES! Issue Contributors – Ecological Civilization
Jeremy Lent is an author whose writings investigate the patterns of thought that have led our civilization to its current existential crisis. His recent book, The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural
Evolving Into an Ecologically Civilized State of Mind
David evolved from a self-described 鈥渃onservative young Republican鈥� who traveled the world hoping to 鈥渟ave鈥� other cultures from communism, to a collaborative thought leader who calls out the outsized influence of corporations and passionately advocates for global societies to move toward an ecological civilization.
A Little Cat in a Big War
In 鈥淭he Little War Cat,鈥� concepts of war and trauma are introduced to young children in a way that is age-appropriate and invites them to feel empathy.
The American Myths of Bigger and Better
Instead of insisting on superlatives amidst spiking inequalities and insurgent fascism, we should be striving toward policies that are socially responsible and work to establish decent baselines.
In a World on Fire, Is Nonviolence Still an Option?
鈥淗ow To Blow Up a Pipeline鈥� is not in fact a manual, but rather a treatise inviting the climate movement to widespread sabotage and property destruction, and it is surprisingly compelling.
The Page That Counts – Ecological Civilization
Percentage of interactions with trans-related Facebook content by right-leaning sources that push anti-trans narratives, such as exaggerating the rate of de-transition: 65.7% 1 Number of Twitter 鈥渓ikes鈥� on J.K. Rowling鈥檚
Re-Visionary Artists
These creators are reclaiming their pasts and futures through transformative art.
How to Bring Nature Into Your Daily Life
The key is to make it feel like a daily gift.
Get Past The Sting For a Cup of Tea
A cup of Nettle tea can help fortify blood, build bones, increase energy levels, improve circulation, and decrease inflammation and oxidative stress in the body.
How To Awaken Our Ecological Psyche
Rekindle the deep memory of where we come from.
The Gift of Ecological Humility
These Afro-Indigenous practices challenge ideas of human supremacy.
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