From website: “Inspired by an Argentine shoe with a hundred year history and the continent’s poverty and health issues, TOMS was created with a singular mission: To make life more comfortable. TOMS accomplishes this through it’s ultra lightweight design and the company’s commitment to match every pair purchased with a donated pair to a child in need…there are no complicated formulas, it’s simple.you buy a pair of TOMS and the company gives a pair to a child on your behalf. The vibrant colors and patterns in the debut collection depict Blake Mycoskie’s life changing experiences in his travels to South America where he embraced the lifestyle wholeheartedly and therefore gave back by creating TOMS – shoes for Tomorrow. “
Blake Mycoskie
Since May of 2006 TOMS has given more than 10,000 shoes to children in Argentina and over 50,000 shoes to children in South Africa. They expect to give more than 200,000 shoes to children around the world in 2008.
For every pair of shoes bought TOMS gives one pair to needy children in third world nations.
Check it out, seems they have the “Wrap boots” coming soon and I so think they are cute. So I signed up for any updates on those snazzy boots. It is less the look and more the cause. To be truly green means to wear and live for the well being of just more than yourself.