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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Jen[/i] [br]With recycling all the rage in the footwear industry, it's getting easier to walk the green talk: [b]Simple [/b]has long gone the extra mile for sustainability; last year its parent company was named "Recycler of the Year" by the city of Santa Barbara. The kid's Toeday sneaker (left) boasts organic-cotton uppers and recycled-rubber outsoles. [b]Flat Tire Footwear[/b] will put a bounce in your step with its CrumbTech soles, made from scrap car tires. [b]El Naturalista[/b] incorporates biodegradable rubber and natural dyes in its fashion-forward designs. The Iggdrasil women's clog (right), named after the Tree of Life in Nordic mythology, features an outsole inspired by the texture of bark. [b]Nike [/b]has collected 20 million pairs of sneakers through its reuse-a-shoe program. Its distribution center in Europe runs on wind, and the sportswear giant aims to go carbon neutral by 2015. [b]Patagonia[/b] puts recycled materials into the rubber outsole, cushioning midsole, cork foot bed, and sweat-wicking linings of its Finn hiking shoes (right), which are also made with nontoxic, water-based glues. --Dan Oko, Sierra magazine Jen [green]Farmgirl Sisterhood Member #9[/green] The View From My Boots: www.bovesboots.blogspot.com [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.