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Tools, Tips, and Technology for Giving and Receiving Experiential Gifts
Blog | by Kelley Dennings | November 13, 2017
This holiday season, New Dream has embarked on a pilot campaign to promote experiential gift giving and receiving as a way to increase happiness and well-being. Check out the variety of resources we've created to help make giving and receiving experiential gifts easy and fun.
How to Host an Unforgettable Party
Blog | by Michelle Damiani | March 7, 2018
Learn how one Charlottesville resident organized an unforgettable party around soup, designed to celebrate, honor, and support the diverse strands of her community.
Living the Dream: "Hands Free Mama" Rachel Macy Stafford
Blog | by Edna Rienzi | January 7, 2014
Rachel Macy Stafford chronicles her attempt at finding balance in a media-saturated, perfection-obsessed world on her popular blog, Hands Free Mama.
Leaving My Dream Job to Find Space to Grow
Blog | by Edna Rienzi | June 11, 2018
Edna Rienzi explains her decision to leave New Dream to pursue personal growth and to further her efforts to give back to her community.
Living the Dream: Non-Consumer Advocate Katy Wolk-Stanley
Blog | by Edna Rienzi | November 11, 2013
Labor and delivery nurse Katy Wolk-Stanley shares how she moved from living a frugal lifestyle to being a leading non-consumer.
Christmas 2016: Not Made in China
Blog | by Anne G. Lliversidge | November 14, 2016
How one New Dreamer found meaning in finding and creating presents that reflect the true value of Christmas and family.
Tackling Holiday Consumerism With Creative Resistance
Blog | by Jenny Blair | December 7, 2012
A New Dreamer’s toughest challenge might be navigating the stuff-obsessed holidays. Here are some tips.
5 Ways to Simplify Back-to-School Shopping
Blog | by Krislyn Placide | August 20, 2012
Forget the crazy school shopping bonanza, and save some money—and your sanity—in the process.
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.
In Commerce We Trust?
Blog | by Kelly Garriott Waite | July 1, 2013
Author Kelly Garriott Waite reflects on the need to reclaim trust and community in today's culture of big-box stores and hyper-consumerism.
We Must Be the Change
Blog | by Edna Rienzi | January 24, 2017
Beyond everyday lifestyle changes like wasting less, we can take steps outside our homes to have greater influence.
Reflections on a Resilient Family Road Trip
Blog | by April Roggio | June 10, 2015
We have returned! In total, we traveled through 23 states in about 34 days, in search of rural resilience, working landscapes, and grand adventures.
Celebrate Independence: Find the Local Love
Blog | by Terra Wellington | July 3, 2012
Grassroots businesses are all about a sense of place and sharing. Isn’t this how it used to be? Or maybe, how we’d like it to be.
Our Emerging Normal: Share Your Thoughts with Us
Blog | by New Dream | April 28, 2020
We welcome any reflections you wish to share about this moment in time, as you and those around you more deeply question what we prioritize and consume—and as we all continue to seek individual and collective well-being.
The Future of Work? Get on the Lattice or Die
Blog | by Liz Kofman and Astri Von Arbin Ahlander | May 8, 2013
How do you balance work and life in a financially tight and job-insecure world? First, forget about the corporate ladder.