Cleaning Green Below Your Means

Blog   |   by Kim   |   February 17, 2009

Greening Your Whiteboard and Post-Its

Blog   |   by Kim   |   June 11, 2009

Marketing CPG: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Blog   |   by Emily Canan   |   May 2, 2016

The Center for the New American Dream believes that the American Dream is re-emphasizing its focus to “more of what really matters, such as creating a meaningful life, contributing to community and society, valuing nature, and spending time with family and friends.”

Challenge Toolkit: Reduce Waste

Custom Pages   |   March 19, 2018

What Happened to Self-Reliance and the Do-It-Yourself Ethic? (Part 2 of 2)

Blog   |   by Addison Del Mastro   |   July 6, 2012

Self-reliance and the “can-do” spirit aren't gone. They're just dormant, drowned out by a fast-paced lifestyle and cheap consumer goods.

Spending Strategies: How Frugality Helped Me Cut Costs and Gain Freedom from “Work”

Blog   |   by Dale S. Brown   |   August 11, 2011

A D.C. resident describes how she became financially empowered to turn down work that is not in accordance with her values.  

Rethinking Plastic, Consumer Choices, and Our Values as Americans

Blog   |   by Dyaami D’Orazio   |   September 18, 2019

"We consume to have fun, to fit in, for convenience, to fill the spaces between ourselves and our families...and because the structure of society forces us to."