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Ashlee Piper
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Learn moreFrom award-winning sustainability expert Ashlee Piper, a witty, no-nonsense guide to regaining control over your time, consumerist impulses, and financial and mental wellness
For nearly two years, Ashlee Piper challenged herself to buy nothing new. And in the process, she got out of debt, cut clutter, crushed her goals, and became healthier and happier than everāall the things sheād always wanted to do but ānever had time toā (because she was mindlessly scrolling, shopping, spending, and stressing). After a decade of fine-tuning, No New Things guides readers through the same revolutionarily simple challenge that has helped thousands of global participants find freedom and fulfillment in just thirty days.
The book follows the rise of what Piper calls āconditioned consumerismā and how it sneakily hijacks our time, money, and mental bandwidth, as well as harms the planet. From there, readers follow customizable daily action items that bring about the ease and richness of a life less bogged down by spending and stuff, without compromising on style, convenience, or fun.
Whether youāre a bona fide shopaholic or someone who just wants to buy less and live more, No New Things is the antidote to modern overwhelm.
Ashlee Piper is a sustainability expert, commentator, and speaker whose work has been featured on more than three hundred TV segments, including the Today show, Good Morning America, and CNN, and in Vogue, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and Newsweek. Piperās 2018 book, Give a Sh*t: Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet., has been hailed as a āsustainability bibleā by celebrities and reviewers. Piper has spoken at the United Nations and SXSW and has a popular TED talk. She is also the creator of the #NoNewThings Challenge, for which she received a 2022 Silver Stevie Award for Female Innovator of the Year, and a professor of sustainability marketing. She holds a BA from Brown University and a masterās degree from the University of Oxford. She lives in Chicago in a home thatās 98 percent secondhand and can often be found singing Sealās āKiss from a Roseā at any not-so-fine karaoke establishment.
Ashlee Piper is a sustainability expert, commentator, and speaker whose work has been featured on more than three hundred TV segments, including the Today show, Good Morning America, and CNN, and in Vogue, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and Newsweek. Piperās 2018 book, Give a Sh*t: Do Good. Live Better. Save the Planet., has been hailed as a āsustainability bibleā by celebrities and reviewers. Piper has spoken at the United Nations and SXSW and has a popular TED talk. She is also the creator of the #NoNewThings Challenge, for which she received a 2022 Silver Stevie Award for Female Innovator of the Year, and a professor of sustainability marketing. She holds a BA from Brown University and a masterās degree from the University of Oxford. She lives in Chicago in a home thatās 98 percent secondhand and can often be found singing Sealās āKiss from a Roseā at any not-so-fine karaoke establishment.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Ashlee Piper
ISBN:
9781250389299
Length:
TBA
Language:
English
Publisher:
Macmillan Audio
Publication date:
April 15, 2025
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#14,398 Overall
Genre rank:
#274 in Environment & Nature
Reviews
āAs a borderline hoarder, No New Things is just what the doctor ordered. This book is transformational.ā
āKatie Couric
āHaving left the world of marketing, Piper reveals the addictive consumer loop we can be lost in, while reminding us of our potential for real happiness beyond the materialistic treadmill. No New Things calls on us to examine what drives our unending stream of desires while upholding the happiness we are capable of.ā
āSharon Salzberg, author of Real Change and Real Life