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Back in May last year I said I’d write a post about eco-friendly sneakers; 8 months later, I’m on it! Here’s your guide to never buying the greenest sneakers out there, roughly arranged from least expensive to most:

Lafuma’s Greenley 2 and Active Hemp Sneakers are made with hemp, chromium-free leather, and natural rubber. (via Metaefficient) However, it seems that Lafuma’s Pure Leaf Collection — of which these shoes are apart — is either sold out or discontinued, as they’re no longer showing up on Lafuma’s website. Some of the men’s shoes are on sale on Amazon for $20 or so; original price was around $75.

Ethletic high-top and low-top sneakers. These fair trade sneakers from Autonomie Project are made with a rubber sole that is produced with FSC-certified all natural and sustainable latex. Prices run between $54 - $56.

Simple Shoes Eco-Sneaks. These shoes are made with recycled PET laces and pedbeds, recycled tire outsoles, organic cotton lining, and 100% post consumer paper pulp foot forms and put together with water-based glues! You can pick from hemp, organic cotton, or washed leather uppers. Prices range from $55 - $70.

Hemp IPaths. IPaths offers this eco-line with 12 shoe styles, which use hemp, organic cotton, and chrome-free leather. The collection, however, only offers men’s sizes. Cost: $49.95 - $83.95.

Teva Keagan Canvas. Teva offers a large collection of shoes made from post-consumer recycled materials, including post-consumer recycled PET canvas upper and lining and 50% post-consumer recycled rubber outsoles. Cost: $65.

Adbusters’ Blackspot sneakers. Union-made from organic hemp! If you buy a pair directly from Adbusters, you’ll get the upcoming issue of Adbusters free. Cost: $77.

Simple Shoes Toeday. Part of the company’s Green Toe line, Toeday’s eco-features include organic cotton/linen, bamboo linings, jute laces, natural crepe rubber midsole, water based cements, and 100% post consumer paper pulp foot forms. Cost: $85.

Patagonia has a number of eco friendly sneakers, all with various eco-features such as hemp and/or eco-leather uppers, all-natural latex outsoles,recycled EVA footbed, recycled rubber, glue-free construction and scrap-leather lacing. Prices range from $85 - $130.

Veja. Eco-friendly and fair trade sneakers! (via Inhabitat) Materials include organic cotton, natural latex, vegetal leather. Veja works with co-ops, supporting fair trade while preventing deforestation by using wild natural latex from the Amazon jungle. The website says American Rag carries them, but I’d call before dropping by the store. Yoox has a brown pair for $102.

VivoBarefoot. Made with chrome-free leather, recycled materials, and rubber, these shoes have an “ultra thin puncture resistant sole” that gets you close to feeling barefoot. Cost: $120 - $125.

Worn Again. Made with 99% recycled materials! These shoes are made from t-shirts, e-leather, jeans and recycled rubber soles, via a collaboration between Terra Plana and enviro action group Anti-Apathy. The price of each pair of shoes includes carbon offsetting for the manufacture and transport of the shoe. Cost: $125.

Lastly, there’s Adbusters’ Unswoosher, union-made from organic hemp with soles made from reclaimed used tires! Do these count as sneakers? I’m not sure, so I’m putting it last. Cost: $77.

Many of these sneakers come in different colors. Some, like Worn Again, are all one-of-a-kind because they are made of recycled materials. Know of others? Let me know. And if you own any of these pairs, let me know how you like them in the comments –

Update: Eco-shoes: Dressy boots to hiking shoes

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