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Green or obscene: Tailoring goes eco, Christmas goes handmade, G-Wiz runs out of juice

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carbon_neutral_suitjpgIn a new, regular roundup, we look at what's hot and what's not in the eco stakes in the past fortnight.

green stars:

Suits
London tailor Austen Pickles claims to have made the world's first carbon neutral suit.

Handmade gifts
With Etsy and Folksy going great guns and a host of exciting Christmas craft fairs kicking off this weekend, you should be on first name terms with the people who made your Christmas presents this year.

Follow the jump to find out who's 'in the red'...


in the red:

Greetings Cards
Sales of greetings cards are at a low ebb as clintons reports major pre-xmas slump. Great news for trees!

Nintendo
Everyone's favourite fluffy games company fails to find favour with Greenpeace, despite a few toxic waste tweaks

The G-Wiz

Sales reported to be down by more than half on Britain's best known and most mocked electric car. Perhaps this will persuade them to make cooler models next time.

Primark
In the doghouse once again as growing landfill textile problem is renamed 'the Primark effect'

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