Green Boots Arrive on the Scene

Technological advances help actualize the quest for eco-friendly lifestyle; and so does creativity. Take, for example, the fresh innovation of designer Camila Labra – a pair of green boots. Certainly, we are not talking about the color ‘green’ but the environment-friendly footwear designed by the 23 year old eco-conscious designer from Santiago (Chile). The product has nearly stunned the environmentalists and is also sending waves across the world of fashion.

Camila Labra’s green boots are made almost entirely of recycled plastic bags and have come to be named as Dacca Boots, after the city of Dhaka (capital of Bangladesh) where an abundance of plastic bags led to a ban on their use in 2002. Making a pair of Dacca Boots, as designed by Camila Labra, requires about 8 plastic shopping bags along with some cotton lining. The advantages of Dacca Boots are quite promising: useful recycling of otherwise troublesome plastic bags; saving the environment from the harmful effects of plastic waste (which is non-biodegradable); and saving other resource materials used in shoe-making; not to say of the hip look and style of these ankle boots.

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Eco-Green Projects across the Globe

Better understanding of and an increased sensitivity to the globally important issue of environmental degradation have heightened human consciousness toward practical solutions for our environmental and ecological problems. Many eco-green projects are either running or being planed in all regions of the world, all aiming at improving the quality of our environment so as to allow longer, safer, and better life on this planet. Following are some of the major kinds of eco-green projects that represent the environment-friendly spirit of our species.

Energy Conservation

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