Green Options » flip-flop http://greenoptions.com/tag/flip-flop Posts tagged 'flip-flop' Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:34:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Flip Flops Get A New Lease On Life http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/08/13/flip-flops-get-a-new-lease-on-life/ http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/08/13/flip-flops-get-a-new-lease-on-life/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:34:00 +0000 Skye Kilaen http://craftingagreenworld.com/2008/08/13/flip-flops-get-a-new-lease-on-life/ flip flops made into braceletSo, flip flops.  I don’t wear them, but you very well might.  Here in Austin, they’re everywhere, from McDonald’s to the nicest restaurants in town.  We’re a casual people.

(Yes, I ate at McDonalds!  I get one milkshake there about every four years!  Yes, I know it’s wrong!  I was having a really bad day!  I’m sorry!)

UniqEco is just one of the companies making crafts out of recycled flip flops, but I heart them the most.  The company was started in response to an ecological nightmare - discarded flip flops washing up on Kenyan beaches in vast numbers.  (Apparently, y’all flip flop wearers aren’t that concerned about what happens to your footwear - but since they don’t actually provide any protection for your feet, it kind of makes sense that you wouldn’t notice they were missing.)  The invading flip flop armada kept turtle mamas from laying eggs and baby turtles, if any, from getting back into the ocean.

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