Publications

Simplify the Holidays Booklet

Our popular booklet offers practical tips for making your holiday season more meaningful, with more joy and less stuff.

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Conscious Consumer Shopping Guide

For tips on buying responsibly, check out our Conscious Consumer Shopping Guide, which covers everyday items from baby goods to seafood.

On the Web: http://www.newdream.org/programs/beyond-consumerism/consuming-consciously/buy-green

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New Dream Exclusive Video: Visualizing a Plenitude Economy

This fun animation, narrated by economist and bestselling author Juliet Schor, provides a vision of what a post-consumer society could look like.

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Tags: New economy, Plenitude

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 Dream's Wallet Buddy

This cleverly designed paper sleeve wraps around an ATM or credit card and offers a list of possible questions to ask before making a purchase.

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Tips for Parenting in a Commercial Culture

This 32-page booklet contains practical, hands-on tips for parents on how to raise healthy children in our highly commercial culture.

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True Wealth: A Plenitude Economy

In Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth, economist and New Dream board co-chair Juliet Schor offers a groundbreaking intellectual statement about the economics and sociology of ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think about consumer goods, value, and ways to live.

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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, and personal energy; and protect the environment.

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Smart Consumers: An Educator's Guide to Exploring Consumer Issues and the Environment

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.

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