Resources
New Dream offers a wide range of resources, from short "step-by-step" guides and action kits to infographics and nationwide polls.
Feel free to browse our materials and to share them with your friends and communities.
CARTOONS: Unbottle Water
April 12, 2017
This original cartoon series by New Dream shows just how problematic bottled water is. Share these on social media and urge others to #UnbottleWater!
GUIDE: Simplify the Holidays – practical tips for having a holiday with more joy and less stuff
by New Dream | November 9, 2015
Simplify the Holidays offers practical tips for having a holiday with more joy and less stuff. The booklet contains guidance to help you set a budget, relieve stress, come up with new gift ideas, and make your holiday season more meaningful.
GUIDE: Kids Unbranded: Tips for Parenting in a Commercial Culture
by New Dream | October 21, 2015
Our updated guide provides insight into the excessive advertising that children face today, as well as practical tools to help parents and caregivers push back.
ACTION KIT: Kids Unbranded – tips for pushing back against excessive advertising at home
by New Dream | July 14, 2015
Raising kids in today’s noisy, fast-paced culture can be difficult. Our Kids Unbranded Action Kit can help you navigate through the noise with practical, commercial-free alternatives.
ACTION KIT: Step-by-Step: Breaking the Bottled Water Habit in Your Community
by New Dream | May 12, 2015
Join the movement to say no to bottled water! In New Dream's Step-by-Step Guide to Breaking the Bottled Water Habit in Your Community, you'll find the tips and resources you need to get a campaign started today. Also available in Spanish!
POLL: New American Dream Poll 2014
by New Dream | June 29, 2014
What does the “American Dream” mean today? How—and how successfully—are Americans achieving this dream? How has the concept of the “American Dream” shifted over the past 10 years? These questions are at the heart of New Dream's 2014 national survey.
SLIDESHOW: Photo Slideshow: How Do You #SimplifyHolidays?
by New Dream | December 10, 2013
Join the movement to Simplify the Holidays! Check out this photo slideshow from New Dream staff, board, and allies.
INFOGRAPHIC: The Benefits of a Shorter Workweek
by New Dream | October 18, 2013
In this infographic series, New Dream explores the ramifications of overworking on our health, happiness, and environment.
ACTION KIT: Step-by-Step: How to Hold an Alternative Gift Fair in Your Community
by New Dream | October 15, 2013
Here's all the info you need to hold an alternative gift fair in your community, connecting people to charities that are working to make our world a better place.
ACTION KIT: Guide to Going Local – tips for building stronger, healthier, and more vibrant communities
August 13, 2013
The Guide to Going Local is full of ideas and advice on how to strengthen the local economy in your town: through buying local, highlighting new entrepreneurs, instilling local pride, investing locally, and more.
ACTION KIT: Guide to Sharing – tips for exchanging stuff, time, skills, and space
by New Dream | July 26, 2012
The first guide in New Dream's Community Action Kit is all about sharing: everything from starting a tool library to organizing a solar cooperative, from holding a clothing swap to launching a time bank.
TIPS: Reader Submissions: How I Simplify the Holidays
by New Dream | December 20, 2011
We asked our readers for their ideas for simplifying the holidays, and the response was overwhelming! Here are some of our favorite tips.
GUIDE: Good Times Made Simple: The Lost Art of Fun – tips for inexpensive, non-commercial family fun
by New Dream | June 6, 2011
This short guide is packed with inexpensive, non-commercial ways to spend time with your family—an antidote to video games, screens, and trips to the mall.
WALLET BUDDY: A cleverly designed printable paper sleeve to help you rethink your purchasing
by New Dream | June 3, 2011
Our Wallet Buddy is a cleverly designed paper sleeve that wraps around an ATM or credit card and offers a list of possible questions to ask before making a purchase.
ACTION KIT: More Fun, Less Stuff Starter Kit
by New Dream | May 6, 2011
A fun, easy-to-use booklet packed with practical tips on how to simplify your life; free up time, money, and personal energy; and protect the environment.