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6 Ways to Resist Kid-Targeted Advertising (and Save the Planet!)
Blog | by Edna Rienzi | December 30, 2015
Today’s consumer culture encourages materialistic values. Learn ways to fight back!
The Case for Well-Being
Custom Pages | December 21, 2017
Connection Amid Crisis
Blog | by New Dream | March 31, 2020
Like you, the New Dream team has been busy these past few weeks transforming our daily lives, taking in information, and trying to make thoughtful choices under these urgent and significant circumstances.
Facilitating a New Dream
Blog | by Selena D. Cozart | November 7, 2018
Facilitator Selena Cozart explains how our current social and political climate presents us with a unique and irresistible opportunity to engage in discussions of equity and justice.
SoKind – the "alternative" gift registry
Campaigns | August 2, 2017
Greener Grads: Changing the Way We Approach Graduation
Blog | by Seth Yon | April 26, 2015
Greener Grads is offering the tools to change our traditions into less wasteful and more responsible celebrations.
Calculating the Savings in Growing Your Own Food
Blog | by Dawn Handschuh | September 22, 2011
Growing our own food offers multiple benefits—for our health, our taste buds, and our pocketbook. So how much money are we actually saving?
Amy Hartzler
Staff | August 15, 2018
Off the Pedestal: Creating a New Vision of Economic Growth
Blog | by James Gustave Speth | June 3, 2011
A longtime environmental leader argues it’s time for the U.S. to reinvent its economy into one that focuses on sustaining communities, family life, and the natural world.
Tips for a Greener, Simpler Halloween
Blog | by Lisa Mastny | October 11, 2017
Halloween is big business. Avoid the hype and direct your energy, $$$, and creativity toward a greener, simpler holiday.
The Power of One (Child)
Blog | by Jake Giessman | July 18, 2012
Guest blogger Jake Giesmann explains why choosing to have only one child has brought wide-ranging benefits for his family and finances.
How to Protect Ourselves by Protecting Each Other
Blog | by Christina Lewis | April 26, 2020
COVID-19 has ripped through our society and exposed us at the seams. Forced to confront glaring discrepancies, we now see how vulnerable our society really is. What will get us through?
How to Pay for the Kids College and Save the Environment
Blog | by Christopher | July 8, 2009
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.