New DreaminQuestion ConsumptionSolidarity: Are You Willing to Fight for a Sustainable Future?On its surface, the concept of solidarity doesn’t have a lot in common with sustainability. After some years pushing myself to understand…Feb 19, 2020Feb 19, 2020
New DreaminQuestion ConsumptionWhat We See and What We Know (Or, Why We Need to Question Overabundance)Last August, as my mother and I were barreling south down Highway I-81 through Pennsylvania, I suggested we take the exit to visit Long…Feb 18, 2020Feb 18, 2020
New DreaminQuestion ConsumptionWhy I Stopped Combing Through Chemicals and Took My Hair Care Into My Own HandsWith an empty grip around my ponytail, I could feel that my hair was falling out. I had just finished my first semester at Cornell…Feb 18, 2020Feb 18, 2020
New DreaminQuestion Consumption5 Ways to Show Up for Social Change in 2020In the pivotal decade that’s just begun, what will get us through? How will we adapt and evolve, even in the face of increasing pressures…Jan 31, 2020Jan 31, 2020
New DreaminQuestion ConsumptionIn Pursuit of Justice: My Experience of Nine Years of United Nations Climate TalksI’m exhausted from the COP this year, and not just because it is a grueling two-week marathon. I’m exhausted from the aching gap between…Dec 16, 2019Dec 16, 2019
New DreaminQuestion ConsumptionBecoming a Teacher Made Me an Activist—and My Story Might Make You One TooI hated high school as a kid, and that’s exactly why I decided to become a high school teacher. I’ve always wanted to use teaching to...Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2019
New DreaminQuestion ConsumptionWho’s Telling the Story? Consumer Culture and America’s Rural CommunitiesThe commodification of rural life is happening across the country, from factory farming to agritourism. What are the costs of these…Nov 21, 2019Nov 21, 2019
New DreaminQuestion ConsumptionRethinking Plastic, Consumer Choices, and Our Values as AmericansWhen I was 16, it felt like the only thing I knew for sure was that I loved our planet and wanted to help protect it-everything else was…Sep 18, 2019Sep 18, 2019
New DreaminQuestion ConsumptionHow Commercial Buddhism Is Hurting BuddhismIn our consumerist country, we are taught to prioritize this sense of personal self and our individualism above all else, and we use…Sep 18, 2019Sep 18, 2019
New DreaminQuestion ConsumptionThe Threads That Bind Us: One Woman’s Perspective on the Border Crisis, Climate Change, and Our…I had a racially stereotyped view of Mexican men before meeting my husband. Prior to him, they had always been the ones catcalling down…Sep 17, 2019Sep 17, 2019