New forms of regenerative or transformative consumerism generally meet the following criteria: they exhibit an awareness of positive ecological alternatives, and go beyond simply protectionist concerns. they decrease material consumption, and make it more cyclical they overcome the social isolation of the individual consumer, and in doing so often actualize the potential of the consumer as a producer, or prosumer. they are regenerative of humans & ecosystems, at least implicitly. They tend to encourage social justice, quality of work life and the integrity of natural systems. their impacts are not limited to final consumption but ripple upstream to influence extraction & processing, and downstream to affect disposal. It is worth emphasizing the collective character of much regenerative consumerism. The sharing involved is not some anachronistic remnant of tribal or statesocialist societies, but an expression of design intelligence in postindustrial development. New forms of sharingas expressed in co-housing, eco-industrial networks, car-sharing, renewable energy co-ops, product leasing, etc.can make possible vast resource savings by increasing the intensity of use of tools, spaces and infrastructure. Most forms of reuse are basically a kind of sharing. Such sharing not only reduces environmental burdens, but increases quality of life by de-isolating people. And, as we will see in the creation of community market-power, it also empowers people economically.