Find vegan and good-for-the-earth shoes online!
Every year many people turn to a vegetarian or vegan diet and eco-friendly lifestyle to spare the lives of animals and help our environment. In doing so, they need to find outlets for goods like vegan shoes, handbags and other traditionally leather goods that are made from other eco friendly and animal friendly materials. These good-for-the-earth shoes and products can be found on the web ... and in a surprisingly large and fashionable variety from well-known companies like Earth Shoes and Birkenstock to new, fashion forward labels like Simple Shoes, Moo Shoes and El Naturalista. Here are a few great sources where you can find eco friendly vegan shoes online. Does this Spark an idea?
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1. SIMPLE SHOES: Using materials like hemp, jute, recycled car and bike tires, organic cotton, bamboo, and cork, Simple Shoes makes vegan shoes and other eco friendly shoes and products. Their company mission is to strive for 100% sustainability. Check out their fun website at Simpleshoes.com.
2. EARTH SHOES: Created by a Danish yoga instructor, Anne Kalso, Earth shoes made the "negative heel" design famous. The Earth Shoe company, the original maker of those iconic "hippie" shoes, is riding high again with a stylish and comfortable variety of eco-friendly and vegetarian and vegan shoes. You can find them at Earthfootwear.com.
3. MINK SHOES: Defying any possible stereotype of what vegan shoes might look like, Mink Shoes is a high-fashion, high-priced, and (really!) high-heeled designer line created by a former fashion model and dedicated vegan. Take a look at MinkShoes.com.
4. THE VEGAN COLLECTION: Men's shoes are the specialty at this vegan shoe company based in Los Angeles, offering dress shoes appropriate for business wear. Additionally, 25% of all profits are donated to one of four animal rights groups of the buyer's choosing and 1% of profits are directed towards retiring greenhouse gas emissions offsets. Find them at TheVeganCollection.com.
5. MOO SHOOS: MooShoos, Inc. was the first vegan-owned, cruelty-free store of its kind in New York City. Offering a variety of trendy vegan shoes, handbags, accessories and other products from socially responsible, union manufacturers, MooShoes' website carries all the goods available in its city location. Find it at MooShoes.com.
6. VEGETARIAN SHOES AND BAGS: Maybe one of the most well-known sources for vegetarian and vegan shoes and handbags on the web, Vegetarian Shoes and Bags offers an extensive variety of vegan shoes for men, women and children. Started by vegans who were looking for hip and modern cruelty-free footwear, their site carries styles by well-known manufacturers as well as others, like Punkrose, Veggies, and Ecolution, not readily found on other sites. Browse for them at VegetarianShoesandBags.com.
7. OTHER ECO-FRIENDLY SHOPPING WEBSITES: Spend some time searching the great selection of vegetarian and vegan shoes, boots and sneakers at shopping sites like Zappos.com and PlanetShoes.com. A good comparison shopping site is PristinePlanet.com, which is specifically dedicated to helping consumers of eco-friendly goods find green retailers. On these sites you'll find eco-friendly vegetarian and vegan shoes by companies like Terrasoles, Birkenstock, Terra Plana, and El Naturalista, among many others.
As so many vegan companies are fond of saying, there's no reason to sacrifice fashion for compassion. And they're right! Vegetarian and vegan shoes can be stylish and comfortable and are more easily found online now than ever.
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