EVA, (Ethylene-vinyl acetate) is some incredibly versatile stuff. It’s the elasticized polymer foam material used in most footwear to add support, structure, and cushioning. It’s incredibly versatile as it can be molded, dyed, cut, and shaped into just about any configuration. It’s incredibly inexpensive compared to the other materials used in footwear such as leather or rubber, and it’s darn easy to get good at working with it!

But it’s not all roses for this wonder material.  EVA doesn’t break-down naturally and so it’s filling landfills across the globe with a product that doesn’t jive with nature. The manufacturing of EVA is a toxic process, and even though EVA scraps and used EVA can be recycled into new EVA – it’s not at all a green process.

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We are making great progress with raising the necessary funds for our Vijayawada school book initiative.  25% to goal thus far! Thank you to all who are supporting this initiative by purchasing a pair of the Saahi Flip-flops.  The sooner we reach our goal, the faster the children get their new books.

We're looking at additional initiaitves with our friends in Vijayawada, India as well as other locations in India.  Outside of India we are searching for and evaluating potential factories and footwear manufacturing communities in such places as Eastern Europe, Africa, South America, and even North America.

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