I'm dreaming of a green Christmas

It’s time to re-think our Yule excesses. Ellie O’Byrne explains how we can have festive fun, without Christmas costing the earth.

Melanie Mondini of Due South, who have designed a Fastnet Rock t-shirt made from recycled plastic bottles and organic cotton

It’s time to pull our novelty Rudolph socks up and get real. Sorry to break it to you, but Christmas is costing the earth.

Our annual consumerist orgy requires a drastic re-think if we’re to pass on anything to the next generation apart from a global plastic scrap-heap.