Tomorrow, Friday April 3, is National Walk to Work Day. The event is endorsed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services because Americans can turn their commute into a healthy opportunity to exercise, but the eco-friendly advantages shouldn’t be forgotten either. Think of all the pollution and fuel that could be saved if everyone across the country participated. So get ready to hoof it in style with some eco products made for walking.

Start with a cute pair of Satire ecoSNEAKS from Simple Shoes. After all, just because you’re doing your part for the planet, it doesn’t mean you have to look like you just stepped out of an 80s movie wearing clunky white Reeboks with your skirt suit! Simple Shoes made this sustainable pair out of black and white checkered silk, a natural protein fiber created by silk worms. But the green details don’t stop there: these shoes have Certified Organic cotton linings, laces made from recycled plastic bottles and 100% post consumer paper pulp foot forms. Click here to read more

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Ok, so it’s not that easy unfortunately. If you’ve ever eyed a pair of shoes or article of clothing online and waited until the extra incentive of a 10% off sale to buy them, you understand the benefit of that last little push toward your purchase. It doesn’t have to come in the form of a sale, though; why not something bigger and better? Right now when you buy from Horny Toad or Simple Shoes 10% of your purchase will go to the WE Campaign and solving the worldwide climate crisis. A project of the Alliance for Climate Protection, a nonprofit founded by Al Gore, the WE Campaign works to enlist the the citizens of the world as climate activists who will work on the dire state of our planet, while helping people understand the urgency of the global warming problem and its solutions. Click here to read more

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Does it get much worse than walking to work on a cold, rainy day and arriving with your socks soaked with water and your toes frozen to the point that they look dead? But with gas prices high–and public transit costs up as a result–walking is not only a good choice for the sake of the earth, but also for the sake of your budget. And it doesn’t look like things will be changing anytime soon. Still, we can take steps to make the journey a little easier, and the Toetally Felt Boot is one such step. A green one, too.

If the environment itself could design a boot, it might very well be the Toetally Felt. It’s lined with bamboo, has jute laces and jute in the upper, a natural latex pedbed with cotton canvas cover, natural crepe rubber midsole, 100% post consumer paper pulp foot forms…and holds everything together with water-based glues. And it’s made by Simple Shoes, a company that is honestly and realistically striving to make sustainable products; they admit that they aren’t perfect, but are constantly working on improving their processes. Click here to read more

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Daily Greenz #143

Based on a simple mission to create 100% sustainable shoes, Simple Shoes offers an irresistible line of fun, earthy footwear that will make your feet itch to try them on.  In particular, we’re eyeing the Toepaz, whose comfortable, slip-on design will go with virtually everything and, best of all, is completely vegan/veggie-friendly and devoid of any animal byproducts.  If we break it down, its organic cotton canvas cover is lined with bamboo and attached to the recycled outsole (made of car tires) with water-based glues.  Did we mention that it has a natural latex pedbed and 100% post-consumer paper pulp foot forms?  Our feet are sighing with relief already.  Spruce up your wardrobe for $75 at www.simpleshoes.com.

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