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Connection Amid Crisis
Blog | by New Dream | March 31, 2020
Like you, the New Dream team has been busy these past few weeks transforming our daily lives, taking in information, and trying to make thoughtful choices under these urgent and significant circumstances.
The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World
Blog | by admin | June 8, 2011
In the coming years, “growth” will mean not quantity of stuff but quality and happiness of life. Yes, there is life after shopping.
The Threads That Bind Us: One Woman's Perspective on the Border Crisis, Climate Change, and Our Choices as Consumers
Blog | by Amber Cadenas | September 17, 2019
We can't ignore the connections between our own behaviors as consumers and many of the wider crises facing our world, including climate change and the realities of climate-related migration.
Solutions to the Pandemic Are Hiding in Plain Sight
Blog | by Ashley Colby | June 8, 2020
Normally, in times of crisis, we look to the technocrats—highly trained doctors, technologists, and bureaucrats—for answers. What if we looked to how communities take care of each other instead?
Off the Pedestal: Creating a New Vision of Economic Growth
Blog | by James Gustave Speth | June 3, 2011
A longtime environmental leader argues it’s time for the U.S. to reinvent its economy into one that focuses on sustaining communities, family life, and the natural world.
10 Ways Changing Your Consumer Habits Can Change the World for Animals
Blog | by Stephanie Feldstein | June 6, 2018
How you spend your time and money affects the lives of those around you—including other animals.
America the Possible: A Manifesto, Part II
Blog | by James Gustave Speth | July 2, 2012
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.
A Roadmap to a New Economy: An Interview with Gus Speth
Blog | by Lisa Mastny | March 8, 2012
Speth talks about the need to reshape the political and economic system to work better for all Americans.
What Is the American Dream? Dueling Dualities in the American Tradition
Blog | by James Gustave Speth | June 27, 2011
The story of the pursuit of happiness in America is a story of its close alliance with capitalism and consumerism. But is there another option?
Youth Perspective: Seattle Is Dying, At Least for Longtime Residents and Job Seekers
Blog | by Alexis Arambul | May 3, 2019
New Dreamer Alexis Arambul discusses a challenge facing more and more U.S. cities: a lot of people who need work simply can’t afford to live in the places where work is offered.
Reality Strikes Back: A Review of Richard Heinberg’s "The End of Growth"
Blog | by Chris Stratton | January 10, 2012
Bad news: Economic growth is gone for good. Good news: Maybe we don’t need growth to be better off.
Ideas Worth Spreading: Be Inspired by TED
Blog | by Amy Curtis | July 13, 2011
These 10 video presentations provide hope, inspiration, and knowledge that although people can damage the Earth, they also have the potential to save it.
Conscious Consumerism Won’t Change the World: Why We Need to Think More Deeply About Equity and Consumption
Blog | by New Dream | March 19, 2019
We need to learn more about the extent of the problems we face, to understand how the complex systems of consumption and capitalism function, and to understand how they impact people differently. To do this, we need to get into the inquiry—to thoroughly examine the problem—in order to orient ourselves to what needs to change.
New Dream Happenings: 2019 Year-End Update
Blog | November 21, 2019
The latest on organizational priorities, active programs, and strategic partnerships.
Replacing the Value of "More" with "Enough
Blog | by Rob Dietz and Dan O'Neill | October 11, 2013
How can we overcome the dominance of consumer culture in America? Here are some ideas for getting the transition under way.