ACTION KIT: Guide to Sharing – tips for exchanging stuff, time, skills, and space

Resources | 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.

ACTION KIT: Kids Unbranded – tips for pushing back against excessive advertising at home

Resources | 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.

GUIDE: Simplify the Holidays – practical tips for having a holiday with more joy and less stuff

Resources | 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.

You Don’t Have to Bake Your Own Matzo: Tips for an Environmentally Friendly Passover

Blog | by Evonne Marzouk | March 17, 2017

If you’ve been wondering how to do Passover in a more environmentally friendly way, here are six ideas that might help.

ACTION KIT: Guide to Going Local – tips for building stronger, healthier, and more vibrant communities

Resources | 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.

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.

Helping Your Kids Embrace a “More Fun, Less Stuff” Holiday

Blog | by Edna Rienzi | November 7, 2017

New Dream's Edna Rienzi shares six tips for how she gets her family on board with a simpler, yet more meaningful, holiday season.

ACTION KIT: More Fun, Less Stuff Starter Kit

Resources | 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.

Living Lighter

Blog | by New Dream | November 4, 2011

Living Lighter is a colorful pamphlet filled with helpful tips and resources for reducing your consumer footprint.

ACTION KIT: Step-by-Step: Breaking the Bottled Water Habit in Your Community

Resources | 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!

Top 6 Ways to Simplify and Enjoy Your Holidays

Blog | by Edna Rienzi | November 17, 2015

For a holiday season focused on "more of what matters," check out our six favorite simplifying tips.

GUIDE: Family Celebrations: A More Fun, Less Stuff Guide to Life's Joyful Events

Resources | by New Dream | November 1, 2017

Our newest guide provides inspiration and practical tips for you to plan special celebrations that reduce waste and expense, emphasize meaning over material goods, and strengthen relationships. With specific sections on: The Year-End Holidays, Birthday Parties, Baby Showers, and Community-Building Celebrations.

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