Guess Who’s Back (Pack?)

GOOC

I’ve been trying to convince my bandmate for months now that hippie is back and he should let me wear my organic high-waisted wide legs on stage, but he denies me! Well, joke’s on him, because this cute little recycled backpack is both hippie and hip, and I love it. Maybe not enough to wear on stage… but it is really cool, and really recycled- Gooc is a company from Brazil that uses 70% recycled tires and truck canvasses to make their wares. So wear it!

www.roadtobrazil.com.au

Ahoy There, There Be Pirates in the EbAY

EBAY PIRATE BOOTS

I love pirates. And Boots. And so naturally I totally love those pirtae bots fro the 80's. I have two pair, and I wear them always, and I got them both on Ebay.

Ebay is a tricky pony- on the one hand, it is an amazing resource for recyling and getting used things into the hands of the people who might use them or might otherwise have bought something new. On the other hand, the whole carbon footprint thing is really getting me down. What to do when the ONLY pair of purple pirate boots is in Arkansas? Is a life without purple pirate boots really worth living? Probably not. So, I guess just try to take into consideration how far that stuff is being shipped, and if you can find something closer, do it. But unless you make your own shoes out of the local cows down the street, pretty much everything you buy is shipped form somewhere. At least with vintage, you’re not creating fresh material waste.

get some pirate booty:

www.ebay.com

Simply Green Toe

Green Toe

In 2005, Simple shoes changed the way they thought about shoe production and created Green Toe, an eco-friendly line of shoes that has inspired the company to work toward becoming %100 sustainable. But anyway, look at these shoes- they look just like real shoes! Because they are, they're just made from unusal stuff, like milk cartons, tires, and cardboard, mixed with renewable resources like cork, bamboo, jute, organic cotton, and wool. And they make bags, backpacks and wallets out of this stuff too. Crazy cool.

www.simpleshoes.com

step in it:

www.thegreenloop.com

www.zappos.com

www.earthfriendlygoods.com

www.birkenstocksd.com

www.6pm.com

www.shoemall.com

www.backcountry.com

www.cabelas.com

www.mountainhighoutfitters.com

www.shoes.com

www.piperlime.com

www.villageshoes.com

They have them at Wholefoods too!

On a Mission (Playground)

Mission Playground

From San Diego, Mission Playground is a clothing company that makes polo shirts, board shorts, sweat pants, jeans, belts and even shoes, all from organic and recycled materials. They have a huge selection of products, mostly t-shirts and outdoor sporting clothes, and apparently they have recently started making eco-friendlier surfboards, too.

They even started an education program to raise awareness of unfair labor practices and environmental issues, called S.E.E.D. (Sustainable Environment & Educational Development). Why? Because they care, as should you.

www.missionplayground.com

www.myspace.com/missionplayground

go play:

www.rei.com

www.alpineer.com

www.vickerey.com

www.theflipflopper.com

www.masseysoutfitters.com

www.northernmountain.com

www.tobi.com

www.maststoreonline.com

www.shoptoit.ca

www.rootedtonature.com

www.usoutdoorstore.com

www.ems.com

oh, Canada:

www.shoptoit.ca

MELISSA called and she wants her shoes back

MELISSA SHOES


Melissa makes cute shoes out of plastic, which is normally not so cute, when it's filling up the landfills or just blowing down the street in the form of a wasted grocery bag or whatever. In fact, she doesn't just have her own brand of shoes, she has her very own brand of plastic- MELFLEX, a patented type of delicious, recyclable, non-toxic PVC. These shoes are not only recyclable in and of themselves, but they also reuse the industrial by-products used in the creation of their shoes to make new shoes. If she makes a pair she doesn't like, she melts them down and makes a new pair of shoes.

They are made in a magical elf factory in Brazil, and apparently they smell like fruit. I want the gold ones.

www.melissaaustralia.com.au

Step out:
www.shopregeneration.com
www.melange4women.com
www.oliounited.com
www.sodafine.com
www.151boutique.com
www.candystorecollective.com
and
www.shoplastyle.com.