Shoes for Tomorrow

I just came across this blog Greenloop which is about eco- & socially friendly businesses.

Today's entry is about Toms: Shoes for Tomorrow. From Greenloop:

"His name is not Tom, it’s Blake Mycoskie and he’s really into shoes. A couple of years back, Blake was volunteering in a village in Argentina and noticed a lot of kids were without shoes; their feet were covered in scrapes and many of them had infections. On February 26th, 2006, Blake had an epiphany. He would start a shoe company where for every pair of shoes purchased, a child in need would be given a pair."

How cool is that?

And yesterday, I found this company Terra Plana, which publishes the life cycle assessment for all their shoes. And their stuff is gorgeous...