As you people already know that I love sneakers, only ones made without any leather. I hate anything made out by killing an innocent animal. I eat only vegetarian food. Then I came across adbusters somehow while looking for sneakers and across their blackspots and I have to say myself, there are people out there in this world who think like me 
. Do I like NIKE shoes, yes, I love them, their designs, their so much research into comfort and technical use of one pair of shoes. They have a style, they have the durability and looks. They have all the things I need in a shoe ?
I guess no. What if I can get the same, well … may be better, style, a better look, same comfort in my shoes without those 10 billions $s and without those those 100 millions liters of harmful chemicals going into sea, killing the environment. What if I can get a fashionable shoe or very decent shoe or a sports shoe which is comfortable and designed for running or another model designed for hiking and what if all of them are cruelty-free, eco-conscious and environment friendly ? What if I don’t ? . I think I will give it a shot. Its so stupid of human behavior that adjusts itself very easily to a corrupt and selfish environment and greedy goals of a corporation. If we can get the same or better things in life with an added value to the nature, to the environment why not use it. My friends in college used to hang the carry bags of different brands (Adidas, NIKE, United Colors of Benetton, Reebok, Levi’s, Lee) they get along with clothing, shoes or accessories in their rooms for months, just to show off that they are some sort of superior men because they use those brands. Were they wrong .. no… because there were hundreds of other fools who get impressed by looking at their branded material. You can’t do anything about it, selfishness and thinking others are inferior are the basic two properties the way the human species live. There are many places where you can find the attractive vegetarian shoes. Look ate UK based company noharm and their shoes. The corporate approach has always been to make the money. Money making is not a bad thing and when someone makes money at the cost of environment, at the cost of lives I am not going to hang-out with him. Look at these nice things made by bboheme or Mooshoes, vegetarian shoes and hundreds of other places you can find by just doing a Google Search . Earth is the place where we live and if we try to imbalance it, we need to be ready for the consequences too.
But I do ask myself a question many times. Why kill animals, why dump harmful chemicals and poisonous gases into the environment when we can achieve the better things by doing the opposite. Why ? Whats the point ? That is the time I decided to use vegetarian and environment friendly shoes, wallets belts and other accessories. I don’t see any Indian Company selling such kind of things but I will keep on looking and trying. I don’t want to kill nature, may be I am stupid but I am not stupid enough to destroy the place which gives me life. Here are some Vegetarian shoes I found, not only for men but even some very attractive things for women are here. What do you live for ?
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