TIPS: Reader Submissions: How I Simplify the Holidays

Resources | 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.

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.

Starting a Tool Library: Inspiration and Insights from Baltimore’s Station North

Blog | by John Shea and Piper Watson | March 8, 2013

An innovative new tool library is opening its doors in an urban neighborhood that's ripe for a renaissance. Here's the story of how it came about.

Spirit of Change Magazine: 15 Tips For Commercial-Free, Fun-Filled Family Holidays

Blog | by Shara Drew | December 1, 2017

If you want to make this year’s holidays more meaningful, memorable, and rejuvenating for your family, these 15 tips will help you opt out of the commercial hype and create a truly special celebration for your kids.

Activism in a Place Where Eco Isn’t the Norm

Blog | by Christine Kane | October 18, 2018

Retiree and New Dreamer Chris Kane shares some of her strategies for being an eco-activist in her adopted home state of Florida.

TIPS: 15 Tips for Commercial-Free, Fun-Filled Family Holidays

Resources | November 1, 2017