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We question consumption, of all kinds, paying special attention to the needs and voices that are intentionally obscured and also most impacted by runaway consumption.
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Solidarity: Are You Willing to Fight for a Sustainable Future?
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…
New Dream
Feb 19, 2020
What We See and What We Know (Or, Why We Need to Question Overabundance)
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…
New Dream
Feb 18, 2020
Why I Stopped Combing Through Chemicals and Took My Hair Care Into My Own Hands
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…
New Dream
Feb 18, 2020
5 Ways to Show Up for Social Change in 2020
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…
New Dream
Jan 31, 2020
In Pursuit of Justice: My Experience of Nine Years of United Nations Climate Talks
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…
New Dream
Dec 16, 2019
Becoming a Teacher Made Me an Activist—and My Story Might Make You One Too
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...
New Dream
Nov 21, 2019
Who’s Telling the Story? Consumer Culture and America’s Rural Communities
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…
New Dream
Nov 21, 2019
Rethinking Plastic, Consumer Choices, and Our Values as Americans
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…
New Dream
Sep 18, 2019
How Commercial Buddhism Is Hurting Buddhism
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…
New Dream
Sep 18, 2019
The Threads That Bind Us: One Woman’s Perspective on the Border Crisis, Climate Change, and Our…
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…
New Dream
Sep 17, 2019
“The Struggle in Rural Kentucky, Being a Black Producer, Is Real”
“The Struggle in Rural Kentucky, Being a Black Producer, Is Real”
New Dream speaks with Tiffany Bellfield, a third-generation resident of the Appalachian town of Richmond, Kentucky, and part owner of…
New Dream
May 10, 2019
Seattle Is Dying, At Least for Longtime Residents and Job Seekers
Seattle Is Dying, At Least for Longtime Residents and Job Seekers
I fell in love with Seattle. Growing up in a small town on the east side of the mountains with nothing to do and nowhere to go, I told…
New Dream
May 3, 2019
Why We Need Equity and Empathy to Move Our Communities Forward
Why We Need Equity and Empathy to Move Our Communities Forward
Former Youth Fellow Josmar Torres talks about the challenges facing his community and the important roles that empathy and political…
New Dream
Apr 16, 2019
Be There for People: Life Lessons from a Fifth Grader
Be There for People: Life Lessons from a Fifth Grader
I had just completed my initial days of shadowing and observing the five students I’d been assigned to as an Academic Coach at my local…
New Dream
Apr 9, 2019
Video: Materialism in American Culture (A High School Perspective)
Video: Materialism in American Culture (A High School Perspective)
In this short documentary, high school students in the Washington, D.C. area explore the historical roots of the country’s drive to…
New Dream
Mar 19, 2019
How Sara Day Evans Is Working With Local Businesses and Growers to “Accelerate Appalachia” in an…
How Sara Day Evans Is Working With Local Businesses and Growers to “Accelerate Appalachia” in an…
In this interview, Sara Day provides her thoughts on the connections between agriculture, equity, and consumption — and what we can do…
New Dream
Mar 19, 2019
Listen to the New Single: “Consume Me”
Listen to the New Single: “Consume Me”
The song explores the nature of mass consumption, following an internal journey of trying to navigate the messages that constantly…
New Dream
Jan 16, 2019
Avoiding the Trap of Holiday Consumerism
Avoiding the Trap of Holiday Consumerism
It’s no secret that holiday consumerism has skyrocketed over the years. The now-normalized urge to buy gifts during the holidays, combined…
Isaiah Johnson
Dec 11, 2018
Presence Over Presents
Presence Over Presents
The end-of-year holidays induce a special type of hysteria. Between buying your weight in gifts, succumbing to a food coma, and…
Kendall Allison
Nov 9, 2018
What Does It Mean to “Question Consumption”?
What Does It Mean to “Question Consumption”?
At New Dream, we’re asking what it means to question consumption, in particular through the eyes of young people…
New Dream
Oct 17, 2018
Sounds of Consumption: A Playlist
Sounds of Consumption: A Playlist
Ever wondered what it sounds like to question consumption? We asked our Youth Fellows and the New Dream team to contribute suggestions to…
New Dream
Oct 17, 2018
Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act, Explained
Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act, Explained
In August, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren rolled out proposed legislation that could potentially redistribute trillions of...
Alexis Arambul
Oct 16, 2018
Tales from a Tech-free Summer Camp
Tales from a Tech-free Summer Camp
Imagine living in Washington, D.C., the nation’s capital, for your whole life, and then one day, at age 11, your mom suggests that you…
Eli Austin
Oct 11, 2018
Film Review: “Sorry to Bother You”
Film Review: “Sorry to Bother You”
Two New Dream Youth Fellows have a conversation about Boots Riley’s cringe-inducing satire of racism and capitalism in America…
Kendall Allison
Oct 4, 2018
Consumption, Gentrification, and You
Consumption, Gentrification, and You
When we think of a single political force — such as racism, capitalism, or sexism — we tend to think of it as an isolated machine that…
Josmar Torres
Sep 11, 2018
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