New Shoes

On the weekend I finally bought new shoes. The reason I finally got round to buying shoes is that I my current shoes (the Nikes I blackspotted in this blog a while ago) have developed lots of holes in the bottom of them and are not ideal for winter weather (which has now firmly set in!).

When I got to Berlin I went to buy proper blackspot shoes. Blackspots are made by adbusters, are made of hemp and recycled rubber in a fair labour factory in Portugal and with the added bonus that when you buy a pair you get a say in what the organisation does with their profits. This last factor, that of looking at different ways of running a company, or how a company can be run for good is the thing that really interested me. While I was in Berlin I tried on the biggest pair of blackspots they had, but they were to small for me, so hence the Nikes...

Now that the Nikes have worn out, I'm glad to say the blackspots fit (and they now come in red). So I have a brand new pair of blackspots and am very happy with them.

I did think about getting leather shoes though as apparently hemp shoes don't last very long, but then of course there's the animal argument, but I think I might be convinced to buy them. At least now I get to support the kind of capitalism I'm into and wear cool red shoes!