Green Options » sneakers http://greenoptions.com/tag/sneakers Posts tagged 'sneakers' Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:16:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Kids Aim to Save the World ‘One Stinky Sneaker at a Time’ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/06/kids-aim-to-save-the-world-one-stinky-sneaker-at-a-time/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/06/kids-aim-to-save-the-world-one-stinky-sneaker-at-a-time/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:16:02 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/07/06/kids-aim-to-save-the-world-one-stinky-sneaker-at-a-time/ Joe Hastings at Wikimedia Commons under a Creative Commons license.)Hats off — or would “shoes off” be more appropriate? — to all the kids across the U.S. who helped collect more than 10,000 used sneakers for recycling, setting a Guinness World Record at the same time.

National Geographic Kids magazine launched the shoe collection effort after publishing a special green issue last fall, with actress Cameron Diaz serving as a guest editor and campaign kickoff donor of two pairs of old shoes. Five members of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team also contributed used footwear for the cause.

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