This is only one pair of many styles by Sanita of vegan eco-chic shoes. They also carry another whole line of leather shoes. These are really fun to collect and share. I crocheted an afghan that looked like these shoes once.

Sanita Women’s Professional Vegan Patch Clogs Shoes

Go bohemian chic with this innovative vegan Patch clog from Sanita, made in Denmark. Not only does the upper feature an incredibly hip granny square crochet inspired design, it’s 100% vegan! Contains no animal ingredients or animal by-products, uses no animal ingredient or by-product in the manufacturing process.
For more about Sanita shoes, follow this link.

Did you know that you can buy EDUN LIVE t-shirts on Zazzle? Not only that but you can design your own EDUN LIVE t-shirt on Zazzle. EDUN LIVE Basic Tees are made 100% in sub-Saharan Africa with a mission to drive sustainable employment on the continent.

Zazzle is a print on demand company that is partnering with artists and companies to provide custom products including t-shirts.

Respect Earth Exclusive Earth Day T-Shirt by edunLIVE
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For more information on Zazzle, follow this link.

For more information on EDUN, follow this link.

Green Man Dragon T-Shirt by The Mountain

What exactly is Eco-Chic Green Fashion?

This is an excellent question, and really has more than one answer. But the general answer is that Eco-Chic Green Fashion is fashionable clothing that is eco-friendly. The main point is that you can still be fashionable while being eco-friendly as well.

How to be eco-friendly or what is the most eco-friendly clothing is still in debate, and probably will be for years to come. Even so, there are many ways to improve the eco-friendliness of current clothing manufacturing, and any improvement is healthier for both people and the earth. Some of the choices involve using organic materials that are sustainable, and even possibly biodegradeable. Other choices involve recycling existing fabrics and clothing materials to make new ones, or remake old ones.

Any of these choices are eco-chic and green. To help with understanding, here is a list of green fashion terms that it is helpful to know.

100% Organic Cotton

To be considered 100 percent organic, cotton must be “certified by a third party (such as the USDA), following strict guidelines for growing the fiber, using no disallowed synthetic chemicals.

Bamboo

A textile made from the pulp of the fast growing bamboo plant that’s soft, highly water absorbent, and anti-bacterial.

Fair Trade

Fair trade companies look at more than just the bottom line. They look at development as a whole and create more of a partnershi with suppliers, which makes for a fairer exchange system where workers get paid fair wages and work under good conditions.

Hemp

A strong fabric sewn from the fibers of the fast growing cannabis plant (a variety that contains virtually no THC, the active ingredient in marijuana).

Recycled/Upcycled

Material that’s been reprocessed at the end of its life into something new and useful.

Sustainable

Describes a product created by a process that can continue indefinately without causing environmental destruction or usurping resources.

Part of the problem with conventional clothing is that chemicals are used in processing the clothing from growing the cotton or other plants to finishing the end product. Just eliminating the chemicals is a vast improvement over current methods. People can absorb the chemicals through their skin, and the earth is destroyed by chemical fertilizers. The other problem is finding plants like bamboo that are easy to sustain, and grow at a rapid enough pace to keep up with production of clothing. And of course, the third problem is price. Right now, many eco-chic products are more expensive, but as the industry grows, it will be easier and easier to find comparable pricing on equivalent items.

Knowing what to change is also important. It is not eco-friendly to throw away all of your old clothing and repalce them with eco-chic green clothing. It makes more sense to become more eco-chic over time, as your clothing wears out. When you need a new pair of shoes, look at some eco-chic brands. First use up what you have.

Becoming eco-chic is a lifestyle and a thinking style change. It is more than just changing your clothes.