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The Solution That Has No Name 20 Aug 2013 | 07:02 pm
Cecile Andrews has been engaged with New Dream for many years through her work on consumerism. Her first book, The Circle of Simplicity, focused on the voluntary simplicity movement. A few years later...
Vance Packard: Unsung Leader of the Environmental Movement 16 Aug 2013 | 12:29 am
Have you heard of Vance Packard? Maybe he was mentioned briefly in an article on American social criticism, or in a footnote about advertising and consumerism. Possibly, you’ve even heard that he wrot...
Top 5 Eco-Friendly Public Sculptures 14 Aug 2013 | 12:51 am
Across the United States, 2013 has been a major year for public art installations with a larger mission. These works of art aim to educate the public using beautiful, intricate sculpture about key iss...
COMMUNITY ACTION KIT: Guide to Going Local 13 Aug 2013 | 08:15 pm
The second guide in the New Dream Community Action Kit is all about going local. It's full of ideas and advice on how to strengthen the local economy in your town: through buying local, highlighting n...
What are Community Currencies? How do They Work? 12 Aug 2013 | 07:11 pm
With the increasing media coverage of Bitcoin, most people now realize that beside the familiar US dollar and other national currencies, there are other things being used as money. In fact there are t...
Top 10 Best (Free!) Green Apps: Part Two 8 Aug 2013 | 09:31 pm
Let's face it: going green would be a lot easier if we were able to know in the push of a button just which products were locally made, how to recycle all our trash, and where the closest farmer's mar...
Top 10 Best (Free!) Green Apps: Part One 8 Aug 2013 | 02:09 am
Let's face it: going green would be a lot easier if we were able to know in the push of a button just which products were locally made, how to recycle all our trash, and where the closest farmer's mar...
Living the Dream Series: Wall Street Defector Sam Polk 4 Aug 2013 | 06:10 pm
At age 30, Sam Polk walked away from Wall Street, where he was a head trader at one of the world's largest hedge funds. He was more "successful" than he'd thought possible, but he felt empty and unful...
A Royal Role Model for the Sharing Economy? 30 Jul 2013 | 10:51 pm
I would never call myself a crazed-British royalty follower, but I did just happen to be awake at 6:00 a.m. to watch Will and Kate’s wedding a few years back. I made a little connection with the young...
Happiness and the New Simplicity: The Living Room Revolution of Community 23 Jul 2013 | 07:51 pm
Cecile Andrews has been engaged with New Dream for many years through her work on consumerism. Her first book, The Circle of Simplicity, focused on the voluntary simplicity movement. A few years later...
