Making Less much More

Recycling has become the sine qua non for most Canadians.  It's the leading environmental practice that makes us feel really good.  Well now listen up, the folks who are responsible for organizing and running these programs, our local level governments are now looking at the root cause - all the stuff we are buying! That is a big departure from consumerism as we know it.  Is it time to rethink our basic consumption patterns and start to think really closely at what really makes us happy?