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Founded in 1996, '''''YES! Magazine''''' covers contemporary issues in the realms of social justice, environmental sustainability, alternative economics, and peace -- spotlighting community-based solutions and supporting people’s active engagement in creating a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world. Each issue of YES! explores a theme in depth and provides resources (websites, books, videos, organizations) for getting involved. Past issues have covered solutions to the energy crisis ([http://www.yesmagazine.org/default.asp?ID=115 "Can We Live Without Oil?," Fall 2004]), how to build local living economies ([http://www.yesmagazine.org/default.asp?ID=48 "Living Economies," Fall 2002]), and the preservation of water as a common good ([http://www.yesmagazine.org/default.asp?ID=42 "Whose Water?" Winter 2004]). YES! is non-profit and ad-free. The magazine is printed on 100% post-consumer waste recycled paper and is fully archived online. Downloadable (PDF) [http://www.yesmagazine.org/article_list.asp?Type=1&ID=8 discussion guides] are available for most issues. Winner of [[Utne Magazine]]'s Alternate Press Award for Best Cultural Coverage in 2001 and nominated for Best Political Coverage in 2004. Published by the [[Positive Futures Network]]. Co-founder [[David Korten]] is the author of [[When Corporations Rule the World]] and [http://davidkorten.com/Books/greatturning.htm The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community], to be released in May 2006 by [http://www.bkconnection.com/ Berrett-Koehler Publishers] and [http://www.kpbooks.com/ Kumarian Press]. Co-founder and executive editor [http://www.yesmagazine.org/svgblog/ Sarah van Gelder has a weblog].