For starters, they鈥檙e made out of all-natural materials by a company called which, regardless of how you feel about 鈥渮鈥漵 standing in for 鈥渟鈥漵 at the end of words, should at least make you smile.
And it鈥檚 not just a catchy name: the company is based in Raleigh, North Carolina, and goes out of its way to support the farmers and workers in Guatemela, Thailand, and Vietnam who grow the natural rubber and make the sandals.
These particular models鈥攖he Kinderz鈥攚ere designed in collaboration with musician Jack Johnson, who recently released his new album, . And even if he鈥檚 not on any of your Spotify playlists, how can you not like a guy who collaborates with Curious George and has written universally appealing kids鈥 songs about the merits of the three Rs? (For those of you who don鈥檛 have kids, that鈥檇 be reduce, reuse, recycle.)聽
And here鈥檚 the kicker: One hundred percent鈥攏ot one percent or 10 percent鈥攐f the proceeds from the Kinderz (and Slimz, a women鈥檚 model), benefit the , a non-profit founded by Johnson and his wife that supports environmental education in his home state.聽Just putting them on might make you a聽better person.