While I’m now happy with my Toe Foo flip flops you helped me pick out, I thought you’d wanna know about all the other cute eco-friendly flippies hitting the green marketplace, thanks to Simple Shoes and Patagonia.

In addition to the simple green and hempy Toe Foo original, Simple’s offering a buncha different flipflop styles, made of organic cotton and other eco stuff, based on the Toe Foo and the newer Toepeeka models.

And Patagonia’s got slides and flipflops — a LOT of them. made from recycled rubber and foam, as well as hemp fibers, eco-leather, and organic cotton.

They don’t come cheap though — get ready to shell out $50 - 85 for these flippies.

I mean, I did pay $50 for my Toe Foos — but only after much deliberation, and in consideration of the fact that these flippies were really pushing the boundaries of what an eco shoe could be.

Flippies are one of those things that’re very tough to get 2nd hand, and thus, must generally be bought new.

Curious as to your opinion on a reasonable price to pay for green flip flops….

BTW — I am aware of Po-Zu slippers and Reef Eco Sandals. However, as far as I can tell, these comfy shoes are pretty tough to actually get a hold of in the US. Thus, they’re not making their way into my eco-flipflop list.

More on other eco-shoes later –

Update, 4/20/07: A roundup of eco-slides and clogs here.

Update, 5/27/07: Chabah flipflops’re made in Thailand under fair labor conditions (according to the website), with eco-friendly materials like hemp, woven grass, and sack cloth — and cost just $20 a pair! A number of pretty design’re avaliable; to the left’s Aphrodite.

Update, 2/1/08: Dopie flipflops from Terra Plana are made of recycled EVA and rubber — but are a bit out there for my taste….

Update, 10/17/08: The Toe Foos got totally worn out — So now I’m wearing Ocean Minded flip flops.

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