At Common Soles we consider the environmental impact of everything we do. Whether or not to print out a document, to how our flip flops are made. The former the easier, the latter much harder....In our journey to produce flip flops we are discovering an incredible number of ways we can greenify our process and product. From the raw plastics that become the soles of the flops to the cardboard used in tagging and boxing we have choices we can make. The eager entrepreneurs of the manufacturing world realize this and are quick to offer these options at price premiums to us. Unfortunately that's what it always seems to come down to with us... go cheap and it's more harmful to the environment, spend more and it's slightly better. Spend a lot and we can really gain influence. As a small speck of a venture we are somewhere just above "spend more". But that's today!
In my internet travels searching for new and green materials to use I came across Mary Bogan and her Spaceball art.
In my internet travels searching for new and green materials to use I came across Mary Bogan and her Spaceball art.
"If we were to cut a small cube from a landfill dump, what would we find? These earth-cubes are representations of our obsessions with how we humans are burying our waste. Re-cycling re-cycling re-cycling!"
Pretty cool....
Dave
Dave
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