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New American Dream Wallet Buddy - “The most wonderful little thing arrived in my mail this week,almost as light as a feather but with major implications.”
So remarked Detroit Free Press columnist Susan Ager about our new Wallet Buddy,a cleverly designed paper sleeve that wraps around an ATM or credit card and offers a list of possible questions to ask before making a purchase. Free to all |
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In Balance - A quarterly report on consumption, quality of life, and the environment.
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What Kids Really Want That Money Can't Buy
With parents today worried that they are raising the "I want" generation, What Kids Really Want that Money Can't Buy arrives at just the right moment.
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What Kids Really Want That Money Can't Buy - Paperback
If you've ever been mind-boggled by the sheer amount of stuff in your kids' rooms, or wondered if it is possible to escape the excessive materialism of our times, this book is for you.
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Tips for Parenting in a Commercial Culture
Revised Edition March 2006: A 32 page booklet packed with tips and resources to help parents deal with the effects of advertising and marketing on children.
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Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-First Century
Can we find ways of living that are sustainable and deeply satisfying, that ensure economic and political democracy, and are passionate about beauty, elegant design, and the wildness of nature?
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Born to Buy: The Commercialized Child & The New Consumer Culture
Ads aimed at kids are virtually everywhere -- in classrooms and textbooks, on the Internet, even at slumber parties and the playground. New York Times bestselling author and leading cultural and economic authorityn (and New American Dream board member) Juliet Schor examines how a marketing effort of vast size, scope, and effectiveness has created "commercialized children."
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Smart Consumers: An Educator's Guide to Exploring Consumer Issues and the Environment
The Guide is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary guide that helps middle school students learn more about how their consumer choices affect the environment and how they can make a difference by buying differently. The toolkit includes an Educator's Guide with background information; fourteen hands-on and creative activities that range from analyzing pop song lyrics and advertisements to acting out product life cycles and calculating ecological footprints; an annotated list of resources for more information; and more.
If you would like to inquire about a discount on bulk orders, please contact Steve Krieger at steve@newdream.org
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Simplify the Holidays
A recently expanded and updated 20 page color guide containing practical tips on how to simplify the holidays.
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Good Times Made Simple: The Lost Art of Fun
Packed with inexpensive, non-commercial ways to spend time with your family - an antidote to video games, TV and trips to the mall.
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New American Dream Video - More Fun, Less Stuff: The Challenges and Rewards of a New American Dream
An entertaining, informative look at the hidden costs of the "more is better" definition of the American dream. Hosted by actor Danny Glover
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More Fun, Less Stuff Starter Kit
A fun, easy to use book packed with practical tips on how to simplify your life, free up time, money, personal energy, and protect the environment.
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Turn the Tide: Nine Actions for the Planet Workbook
A twenty-four page recycled paper version of the Center's innovative online program that Americans are using to make a difference for our environment.The workbook version is ideal for classrooms and folks without online access.
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'More Fun, Less Stuff" Bumper Sticker
free with new memberships or a steal at $2.
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"More Fun, Less Stuff" Bicycle Sticker
Stick it where it counts.
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Easy Does It
A review of seven programs designed to help people live in greater balance with themselves, their communities and the planet.
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Simplify the Holidays Premium Organizers' Kits
These premium kits include dozens of additional Simplify the Holidays booklets, Gift of Time certificates, and holiday greeting cards for alternative gift fair organizers to either give away or sell in order to offset their event costs.
For more information on the kits, email outreach@newdream.org
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Responsible Purchasing Network Publications
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The Responsible Purchasing Guide for Faith Communities
provides key steps congregations can take, outlines ways to undertake each action, and calculates the positive impact of those actions. We selected 8 actions that have a significant environmental impact, help promote social justice, and are fairly easy to implement.
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Harnessing the Power of Advanced Fleet Vehicles
A hybrid electric vehicle fact sheet for government officials that includes information on hybrid technology, applications for fleets, costs, benefits, and model availability.
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The Quick & Easy Guide to Green Cleaning in Schools
This booklet and CD-ROM from our partner, the Healthy Schools Campaign, will help your school develop and implement a Green Cleaning Program.
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Graffiti Remover Research and Field Test Report: The Search for Safer Products
This report, a collaborative effort of the Center for a New American Dream and the City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development, describes test methodology in detail, identifies safer products, includes performance results and recommends development of national standards on graffiti removal products.
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The Competitive Advantage: EcoPurchasing by Sandra Cannon
This book is a persuasive primer on environmentally preferable purchasing for CEOs, directors and purchasers in the public and private sphere.
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