Eco friendly shoes from Veja
EcoCitizenOnline.com, the online store of the innovative San Francisco boutique, is proud to offer a line of products from Veja, a company located in Brazil and engaging in Fair Trade practices for eco freindly living. Some of their eco friendly shoes are based on a 1970s design of the classic Brazilian Volley, offering the stylish look of a retro sneaker with modern comfort. Each shoe is made with eco friendly fabric, and the soles are made from wild latex from the Amazon rain forest. Amazonia is the only area on the planet where the Hevea Trees that produce latex grow in a wild state. Using wild latex from this area is an effective way to fight the deforestation of the area while maintaining business use, a perfect use of conscious consumerist principles.
Types of eco friendly fabric
Organic materials used in the creation of eco friendly clothes used to be limited to some forms of organic cotton and hemp. Now, many other materials are being used as eco friendly fabric, including bamboo, sea cell, and mixtures that are used to create eco-textiles. Designer Linda Loudermilk is a pioneer in using eco-cashmere in many of her stylish designs. Species by the Thousands' environmental eco friendly outsoles and footwear are another example. These eco friendly shoes are hand painted and customized in Brooklyn, and offer a very stylish alternative for comfortable slip ons.
environmental eco friendly outsoles and footwear
Terra Plana is another fashionable designer shoe line engaging in conscious Fair Trade practices. Their line of environmental eco friendly outsoles and footwear includes boots made from vegetable tanned leather, produced free of sweatshops in China. View our selection today, or, if you're in the neighborhood, stop by our San Francisco store to try on a pair.
