<div>Buying second hand leather work boots is a good idea. Part of the "reduce, reuse, recycle" philosophy...</div> <div> </div> <div>One difficulty I have always had with some vegan shoes is that they are made from plastic, which incorporates oil and chemicals. and oil being a finite resource....<BR><BR><B><I>uHuman <uhuman@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV>gortex is usually a thin waterproof membrane between two layers, not an outer material.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>i have a few other ideas if this one proves too difficult: (all of which are not ideal but perhaps more realistic)</DIV> <DIV>- buy some used leather work boots, that way you're extending the use of something already in circulation<BR>- buy leather ones but make up for it some way. the world is far from imperfect, for example i have a car
which is very bad ecologically. the idea is to improve the world and leave a small footprint. ideas to make up: </DIV> <DIV>* get two friends to buy vegan shoes instead of meat based. </DIV> <DIV>* donate some money to an organization promoting vegan materials</DIV> <DIV>* this one would well make up for it if it works: buy the leathers, but over the next month or two find a place that make the ones you want (vegan). put up posters and get the normal supply stores to carry those shoes. if successful you'll likely get dozens or more people to buy the vegan ones. a place liek mec might be interested in carrying that kind of boot although a "workman" boot place would be better. </DIV> <DIV>* call up the place in england such as <A href="http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/ishop/877/shopscr29.html">http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/ishop/877/shopscr29.html</A> and ask them if they know who the rep in canada is. there's likely some shop with it. by the way
can't stuff be shipped like in less than 5 days from england ? might have to purolator it but it'd get here (with some risk). <BR> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 7/23/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>mike Gogu</B> <<A href="mailto:zenjanni@yahoo.com">zenjanni@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">maybe goretex would substitute ok for leather?<BR><BR>otherwise, i donno how to help.<BR><BR><BR>m_g<BR><BR><BR><BR>--- wayne sawtell <<A href="mailto:waynesawtell@hotmail.com">waynesawtell@hotmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>> Dear all vegans out there,<BR>><BR>> I am starting a new job that requires I wear<BR>> stell-toed work boots or shoes. <BR>> I don't want to buy leather or anything involving<BR>> cruelty to animals. Does<BR>> anyone know of a store in Ottawa or a web-based shop<BR>> that can deliver to<BR>> Ottawa pretty
quickly (by this coming Friday) that <BR>> sells vegan work boots or<BR>> shoes (preferably shoes)? I tried the<BR>> <A href="http://vegetarianshoes.com/">vegetarianshoes.com</A> website but they<BR>> are based in England and don't have sizes anywhere <BR>> close to big enough for<BR>> me. I need men's size 12.<BR>><BR>> PLEASE SEND SUGGESTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE.<BR>><BR>> with panic,<BR>> Wayne<BR>><BR>><BR>_________________________________________________________________ <BR>> Play Q6 for your chance to WIN great prizes.<BR>> <A href="http://q6trivia.imagine-live.com/enca/landing">http://q6trivia.imagine-live.com/enca/landing</A><BR>><BR>><BR><BR><BR>__________________________________________________ <BR>Do You Yahoo!?<BR>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around<BR><A href="http://mail.yahoo.com/">http://mail.yahoo.com</A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR clear=all><BR>--
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