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Solidarity: 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, 2020

Solidarity: Are You Willing to Fight for a Sustainable Future?

Feb 19, 2020

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What 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, 2020

What We See and What We Know (Or, Why We Need to Question Overabundance)

Feb 18, 2020

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Why I Stopped Combing Through Chemicals and Took My Hair Care Into My Own Hands

With 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, 2020

Why I Stopped Combing Through Chemicals and Took My Hair Care Into My Own Hands

Feb 18, 2020

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5 Ways to Show Up for Social Change in 2020

In 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, 2020

5 Ways to Show Up for Social Change in 2020

Jan 31, 2020

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In Pursuit of Justice: My Experience of Nine Years of United Nations Climate Talks

I’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, 2019

In Pursuit of Justice: My Experience of Nine Years of United Nations Climate Talks

Dec 16, 2019

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Becoming a Teacher Made Me an Activist—and My Story Might Make You One Too

I 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, 2019

Becoming a Teacher Made Me an Activist—and My Story Might Make You One Too

Nov 21, 2019

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Who’s Telling the Story? Consumer Culture and America’s Rural Communities

The commodification of rural life is happening across the country, from factory farming to agritourism. What are the costs of these…

Nov 21, 2019

Who’s Telling the Story? Consumer Culture and America’s Rural Communities

Nov 21, 2019

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Rethinking Plastic, Consumer Choices, and Our Values as Americans

When 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, 2019

Rethinking Plastic, Consumer Choices, and Our Values as Americans

Sep 18, 2019

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How Commercial Buddhism Is Hurting Buddhism

In our consumerist country, we are taught to prioritize this sense of personal self and our individualism above all else, and we use…

Sep 18, 2019

How Commercial Buddhism Is Hurting Buddhism

Sep 18, 2019

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The 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, 2019

The Threads That Bind Us: One Woman’s Perspective on the Border Crisis, Climate Change, and Our…

Sep 17, 2019

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New Dream empowers individuals, communities, and organizations to transform the ways they consume to improve well-being for people and the planet.

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