Eco friendly shoes are fashionable and can be used for climbing, dancing, running and walking - most anything you need to wear shoes for. If you are conscientious about the items you purchase you can also go green with your footwear. Today's shoes are full of fashion and style. These types of shoes in the past were boxy and ugly and seriously lacked good style.

Nowadays you can find eco shoes that are created from a variety of materials. Some are natural made with natural materials like hemp, wood and organic cotton and some are man-made materials that are recycles like inner tubs. You can find stylish shoes for the entire family that are earth friendly. You can find heels, walking and running shoes athletic shoes for golf, basketball and other sports and everything in between.

These are materials that the shoes can be made out of are:

Bamboo

Cork

Crepe - which is natural rubber from the hevea tree

Hemp

Inner tubes

Organic cotton

Recycled car tires

Recycled carpet padding

Sustainable wood

Vegetable-dyed leathers

Why wear these types of shoes? Who wears them? These types of shoes are often chosen to help maintain a vegetarian lifestyle. They will often wear shoes made of bamboo or cork or hemp. Others may want these because they are environment minded and wish to use "green" products whenever possible. Some like them for their non-toxic materials. "Regular" shoes use toxic glues and materials that can be absorbed in our feet.

If you are looking for these environmentally safe "green" shoes, look for these brands - some are adult shoes and some are children shoes:

Mohop (adult)

Charmone (adult)

TerraPlana (adult)

Olsen Haus (adult)

ThinkShoes (adult)

SimpleShoes (adult and children)

Zoe and Zac (adult)

Summer Rayne Oakes (found at Payless Shoe Source - adult)

El Naturalista (adult)

TomsShoes (children)

Ecolution (children)

North Face Shoes at REI (children)

Patagonia (children)

Many of these shoes are available online. So it's easy to shop for and find these types of shoes if you are going green and want to do your part to help save the planet.