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."

iFixit.com: Boldly Empowering Us to Repair Stuff Ourselves

Blog | by Lisa Mastny | November 14, 2012

Through its clean, user-friendly interface, iFixit offers free manuals and advice for repairing thousands of different consumer products.

Rethinking Design for a More Equitable World—for the Incarcerated and for Us All

Blog | by Asha Klass | April 26, 2020

Asha Klass asks, where do the spaces I occupy come from? Who are they designed for? Who has power in and over them? How can they be more fair to people and the land?

Save Money and Go Green by Sharing and Reusing Kids' Stuff

Blog | by Shara Drew | April 3, 2018

New Dream's Shara Drew offers tips on ways to share our kids’ things, providing great opportunities to help our children learn the value of reusing and making do.

Alternative Daily: This Is How Much the Average American Spends on Halloween

Blog | by Tamara Pearson | October 31, 2017

Casey Williams, a director of New Dream, an organization focused on transforming consumption habits for the wellbeing of people and planet, also talked to AD, and warned that these high spending levels and the general “accumulation of stuff” is having significant consequences for not just the environment, but also on “our own health and happiness.