Sarah van Gelder

Sarah van Gelder is cofounder of YES! Magazine, founder of PeoplesHub, and author of The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000-Mile Journey Through a New America. Follow her on Twitter: @sarahvangelder.

Op-Ed

Montana’s Fossil-Fuel Resistance Centers on Stewardship of Land

Meet the ranchers, grandmothers, professors, and tribes who are blocking oil equipment deliveries and getting arrested.

By: Sarah van Gelder ,; YES!Magazine

September 8, 2015

Interview

Environment & Health

“You Fly to the Edge of the Tar Sands, and … No Life”: The Issue of Our Time

University of Montana professor George Price on permaculture, race and how he's standing up to tar sands extraction.

By: Sarah van Gelder ,; YES!Magazine

September 5, 2015

Interview

Rev. Sekou on Today’s Civil Rights Leaders: “I Take My Orders From Queer Women“

A leading activist pastor speaks about the emerging face of Civil Rights leadership.

By: Sarah van Gelder ,; YES!Magazine

July 24, 2015

Interview

War & Peace

Desmond Tutu and His Daughter, Mpho, on How the US Can Heal From Racial Wounds

The father and daughter recent published the “Book of Forgiving,” a guide to help perpetrators and victims embrace their mutual humanity.

By: Sarah van Gelder ,; Fania Davis ,; Miles Schneiderman ,; YES!Magazine

May 31, 2015

Op-Ed

A Brief History of Happiness: How the US Lost Track of the Good Life – and Where to Find It Now

There's a better kind of happy: It starts with meaningful work, loving relationships and a thriving natural world.

By: Sarah van Gelder ,; YES!Magazine

February 6, 2015

Op-Ed

Seven Ways to Get Happy – Without Costing the Planet

The starting point is to realize we have choices - like meaningful work, authentic relationships and gratitude.

By: Sarah van Gelder ,; YES!Magazine

January 13, 2015

Op-Ed

Ten Ways Human Rights and Democracy Won in 2014

Let's be honest: It was a brutal year for human rights. But we still have victories worth celebrating.

By: Sarah van Gelder ,; YES!Magazine

January 1, 2015

Op-Ed

Want to See How Governments Are Making Real Progress? Look to the Cities Tackling Our Biggest Problems

New energy is transforming our cities into hotbeds of democracy and progressive innovation.

By: Sarah van Gelder ,; YES!Magazine

November 22, 2014

Interview

Naomi Klein: People’s Climate March Is a “Glimpse of the Movement We Need“

Naomi Klein's powerful new book explains why not only can the climate movement win - but it's our best chance at overturning some of history's greatest injustices.

By: Sarah van Gelder ,; YES!Magazine

October 7, 2014

News

From Stand-Up to Twitter, a New Generation’s Fresh Take on Storytelling

Today's storytellers show that each of us can be part of something more powerful, diverse, and creative than we might have imagined.

By: Sarah van Gelder ,; Yes!Magazine

June 23, 2014

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