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GUIDE: Good Times Made Simple: The Lost Art of Fun – tips for inexpensive, non-commercial family fun
Resources | 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.
Your Recipe for Simpler Holidays
Blog | November 1, 2018
As you plan a special meal or time with family or friends, take advantage of this time to craft plans for a simple, joyful, meaningful holiday season. We’ve got all the ingredients you need.
GUIDE: The Family Guide to a (Mostly) Screen-Free Summer
Resources | by New Dream | July 7, 2017
Concerned about screen time taking over your free time? This special resource is chock full of ideas to help you reclaim your summer.
COUPON BOOK: New Dream's Printable Coupon Book – a template for giving customized coupons to family & friends
Resources | by New Dream | April 14, 2017
Give gifts of time, experience, and memories—not more stuff! New Dream's Printable Coupon Book is an easy-to-use template that you can print out, customize, and give to family and friends of all ages.
Subways, Buses, and Backpacks: 6 Frugal Travel Strategies for Kids
Blog | by Suzita Cochran | July 9, 2012
For one Colorado family, this year's summer vacation was the ideal time to begin teaching the kids “feet-on-the-ground” travel.
Living the Dream: Part-timer Sarah Lakeman
Blog | by Edna Rienzi | October 9, 2017
By cutting back her work hours, Sarah was able to make more time for her family and community—and to live true to her values.
SoKind – the "alternative" gift registry
Campaigns | August 2, 2017
Living an Unwasteful Life Podcast: Episode 2 – Reducing Waste in Gift-Giving with Edna Rienzi
Blog | November 24, 2017
Interview with Edna Rienzi, Program Director for New Dream who runs SoKind, an online gift registry service for people who value meaningful experiences, time with family and friends, and offerings of service and support for events and causes that matter the most.
Off the Pedestal: Creating a New Vision of Economic Growth
Blog | by James Gustave Speth | June 3, 2011
A longtime environmental leader argues it’s time for the U.S. to reinvent its economy into one that focuses on sustaining communities, family life, and the natural world.
Well-Being: Finding Your Family's Environmental Best
Blog | by Aislinn Pluta | July 21, 2013
Trying to develop a deeper connection to nature for your entire family can seem like a daunting task, especially if you don't know where to begin.
The Balance: What Is the American Dream Today?
Blog | by Kimberly Amadeo | October 29, 2018
The Center for a New American Dream envisions "... a focus on more of what really matters, such as creating a meaningful life, contributing to community and society, valuing nature, and spending time with family and friends."
The Rapidian: Open the Door – The Art of Placemaking
Blog | December 14, 2017
The Center for a New American Dream envisions "... a focus on more of what really matters, such as creating a meaningful life, contributing to community and society, valuing nature, and spending time with family and friends."
Want More Time? Give It Away!
Blog | by Wendy Philleo | September 25, 2012
New research shows that helping others can make us feel more "time affluent." New Dream Executive Director Wendy Philleo offers her tips.
Marketing CPG: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
Blog | by Emily Canan | May 2, 2016
The Center for the New American Dream believes that the American Dream is re-emphasizing its focus to “more of what really matters, such as creating a meaningful life, contributing to community and society, valuing nature, and spending time with family and friends.”
POLL: New American Dream Survey Report 2004
Resources | by New Dream | January 11, 2004
In a 2004 New Dream poll of 1,269 American adults, more than 4 in 5 respondents said that our society’s priorities are “out of whack,” with an overwhelming majority agreeing that as a society we are too focused on working and making money and not enough on family and community.