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Stories by Sarah van Gelder

Sarah van Gelder is Executive Editor of YES! Magazine where you can read her blog.

Summer Downsizing: 31 Ways to Jumpstart Your Local Economy

Here's how to make more with less, put people before profits and cut down on waste.
Posted on Jul 9, 2009, Source: YES! Magazine

8 Ways to Join the Local Food Movement

How to turn a lawn into lunch, swap preserves, glean, boost your food security and live the good life.
Posted on Apr 1, 2009, Source: YES! Magazine

10 Reasons To Be Hopeful About 2009 -- and 3 Reasons To Be Terrified

Corporate power is waning, health reform is gaining ground and a climate-friendly economy is on the horizon. Will change finally happen?
Posted on Jan 2, 2009, Source: YES! Magazine

What Americans Really Want: 10 Policies We Can All Agree On

Here is an agenda that the majority of Americans support, whether they vote red, blue, green or something else.
Posted on Dec 13, 2008, Source: YES! Magazine

Life After the Economic Collapse: How Having Less Will Make Us Happier

Having big cars, fancy TVs and trendy clothes never made us happy. It only drove us into debt -- and increased our dependence on long work hours.
Posted on Dec 11, 2008, Source: YES! Magazine

Obama's Economic Stimulus -- Will it Take Us Where We Need to Go?

These are good ideas, but the Devil's in the details.
Posted on Dec 9, 2008, Source: YES! Magazine

Americans Say No to War with Iran: Will Washington Listen?

It's time to deal with the threats of nuclear proliferation, extreme poverty and climate disruption.
Posted on Jul 26, 2008, Source: YES! Magazine

Canada Apologizes to its Native People. Will We?

Both Canada and the U.S. have a history of abusing the original inhabitants of their lands. Will both admit to it?
Posted on Jun 16, 2008, Source: YES! Magazine

Why Cuba Is Exporting Health Care to the U.S.

The Cuban health care system is producing a population that is as healthy as those of the world's wealthiest countries at a fraction of the cost. And now Cuba has begun exporting its system to under-served communities around the world -- including in the U.S.
Posted on Jun 5, 2007, Source: YES! Magazine