Being the Change: Silver Spring Time Bank Is Open for Business

Blog | by Jonathan Bernstein | January 22, 2015

A new time bank is working to kickstart the sharing movement in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Free Time: The Forgotten American Dream

Blog | by Lisa Mastny | June 20, 2013

A new book describes how Americans have distanced themselves from their historical yearnings for free time, in favor of a culture of overwork.

I'd Buy That for a Dollar!

Blog | by Addison Del Mastro | August 7, 2014

Should Detroit institute a one dollar house program?

Weaving a Sustainable Future: An Interview with Gay Nicholson

Blog | by Lisa Mastny | October 13, 2011

The founder of Sustainable Tompkins in New York State talks about how she's helped her community lay the groundwork for sustainability.

New "Green" Films You Won't Want to Miss

Blog | by Mark Valentine | June 14, 2013

New Dream shares highlights from the recent San Francisco Green Film Festival.

Helping Communities Think Systemically: An Interview with Eleanor Sterling

Blog | by Lisa Mastny | January 19, 2012

Sterling talks about the need for “big-picture” thinking to address the world’s most pressing environmental and conservation challenges.

Happiness and the New Simplicity: The Living Room Revolution of Community

Blog | by Cecile Andrews | July 23, 2013

Cecile Andrews explains how the cure to so many of our problems, particularly consumerism, is more community.

Gale Student Resources in Context: How the American Dream Has Changed Over Time

Blog | June 23, 2016

According to a survey from the Center for a New American Dream, 78 percent of people considered personal freedom extremely important in their vision of the American Dream. At the opposite end, 23 percent considered achieving affluence as very important.

When It Comes to Climate Change, Better a Sucker Than a Free-Rider

Blog | by Jake Giessman | September 6, 2012

Are you reluctant to embrace a more climate-conscious lifestyle because, hey, nobody else is doing it?

Tackling the Twin Threats of Population and Consumption: An Interview with Robert Engelman

Blog | by Lisa Mastny | February 23, 2012

The new head of Worldwatch says we need to address both population growth and rising consumption if we hope to bring about a more sustainable world.

Finding Our Way Out of the Sprawl: An Interview with Mark Valentine

Blog | by Lisa Mastny | September 7, 2011

A sustainability consultant talks about the livability challenges facing U.S. communities today and the glimmers of hope he sees around the country.

True Wealth: A Plenitude Economy

Blog | by New Dream | May 6, 2011

In Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth, economist and New Dream board co-chair Juliet Schor offers a groundbreaking intellectual statement about the economics and sociology of ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live.

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