Resources

Imagine if your public library didn't just check out books — but also packets of seeds. Join this free webinar to learn how to start a seed library!

Communications strategist Holly Minch talks about her work as a "do-gooder" and how she adjusted her career and lifestyle to achieve greater balance.

Go solar — together! Through community techniques such as cooperatives, bulk purchasing, and group net metering, solar energy can be more affordable for everyone.

Beery talks with us about his efforts to broaden the dialogue around sharing, simplicity, and community connection.

By doing the math for you, "How Bad Are Bananas?" can help you be more realistic—and efficient—in your eco-conscious decision making.

Through its clean, user-friendly interface, iFixit offers free manuals and advice for repairing thousands of different consumer products.

Charlottesville's Local Food Hub has a mission: to fix a broken food system by reconnecting local farmers, families, and food grown close to home.

Love Share Spray? Want to start sharing more? Check out these great online resources. How to share: New Dream's Guide to Sharing Janelle Orsi's The Sharing Solution Shareable Magazine Connect with your neighbors to share, borrow, lend, and give: Nextdoor Share Some Sugar Neighborrow GiftFlow ...

In a time bank, a group of people agree to trade hours instead of money. In this webinar, founders of the Community Connections TimeBank, Arroyo Time Bank, and Bay Area Community Exchange share how they got their time banks off the ground.

Learn how transformative change can lead us beyond ruthless capitalism to a new system of political economy.

New Dream caught up with producer and environmental activist Laurie David to talk about her recent projects, including her popular book The Family Dinner.

Want to start a tool library in your town? The founders of tool libraries in Berkeley, Oakland, Portland, and Philadelphia offer advice on how to do just that.

We need a compelling vision for a new future, a vision of a better country—America the Possible—that is still within our power to reach.

Pennsylvania’s Food Fresh Financing Initiative aims to help level the nutritional playing field in low-income areas.

A new online directory helps you find enterprising businesses and projects around the world that are fostering "a community and economy where access trumps ownership."

Barratt-Brown talks about her lifelong work as an environmental campaigner, and her more recent roles as a tar sands activist and olive oil farmer.

Celebrity Chef Jamie Oliver encourages schools, businesses, chefs, restaurants, and food lovers to get involved in Food Revolution Day.

The Greater Good Science Center, based at the University of California at Berkeley, aims to uncover “the science of a meaningful life.”

New Dream staff share their picks for the most inspirational books they've read on topics of consumerism, parenting, and work-life balance.

Is it possible to find a meaningful, fulfilling career that also pays the bills? According to a new book, the answer is yes.