Positives from the global economic downturn, changing consumer behavior: less wastage, more durable goods, eating at home, smaller cars..
With every negative comes a positive, well for our environment there are huge benefits. People are now starting to re-evaluate their consumption habits, monitoring electricity usage, buying products that will last more than one fashion year, repairing old clothes, re considering whether renovating the kitchen is really necessary, less reliance on the car, more time spent at home, gardening, home cooked meals, having friends and family over for dinner often, more of the old style family unity as uncertainty of employment and worsening economies means having to take a more conservative approach to our daily lives.

