Our favourite eco-friendly footwear

Fretting about your environmental footprint? Worried your shoes aint got no soul? Low impact footwear seems to have come a long way since the day I swapped the walking boots off my feet in Nairobi in exchange for a soapstone chessboard and a pair of flipflops recycled (and barely disguised) from freshly wrecked car tyres (which caused near instant bleeding of the foot and a barefoot walk home).

Top of our Pops for eco footwear are:

1. Beyond Skin: "Dorothy", £187

Why? Suitable for vegans, made with vintage fabric sourced from the UK and handmade in England. From www.beyondskin.co.uk

2. Earth & Wear's Mojo boots, £55

Why: All boots come with a disclosure form detailing information about the people who made the shoes (and their wages and benefits). Registered with the Vegan Society. Tel: 01745 571881

3.

Worn Again, made from recycled tyres, car seat belts and e-leather and

made by Terra Plana (aka the Clarks heir Galahad Clark)

4. Go barefoot for proper footloose and fancy free frolicks.