2005-09-24 00:00:00

London company makes Jungle Boots to match posters already on London Underground.
Ethical footwear company Veganline.com has comissioned its first batch of camouflage jungle boots, made in the UK with fair labour conditions and minimal impact on the environment. And they 've already been advertised on the tube.

(PressMethod) - A few months after the Imperial War Museum launched its massive poster campaign for a camouflage exhibition, a London commuter decided he'd like to sell boots like the ones on the posters. It turned out that the poster pictures were of a prototype, not available for sale, so the next question was where to get some made.

By chance, a midlands company is still able to make these classic cushion-sole boots and after much chasing of material suppliers were able to produce a first batch this week.

"They're called Jungle Boots because they save the Jungle", says John Robertson of Veganline.com, the shoe shop that commissioned them. "Over-use of animal products is linked with over farming and deforestation". "People have thought of vegan shoes & environmentally responsible ones as being near-opposites, but anything that avoids over-farming helps save the planet."

"The shoes are made in fair working conditions as well, so they should sell to vaguely green and ethical consumers as well as punky vegan ones"

"They also suport local manufacturing skills, which could be useful to all of us if the economy needs them more in future".

"Now I've just got to sell a recycled denim sandal and a pornoboot".

John Robertson is available for interview and background comment on other articals

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Environmental info:
http://www.vegansociety.com/html/environment/
more detail is available in a long UN report "Livestock's Long Shadow" googlable for download

CONTACT INFORMATION

John Robertson

Veganline.com

Email Us

+44 (0) 208 286

http://www.veganline.com/camouflage-boot.htm

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