
Buy a shoe, plant a tree
2 Million trees planted since 2020
At etnies, we’re proud to stand with Trees For The Future, together we’ve planted over 2 Million trees since 2011. We’re excited to announce we’ve expanded our Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree project to cover all footwear styles in our 2020 collection.
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HOW IT WORKS
etnies designed the Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree project to be simple for you to get involved in international reforestation while you shop. For every pair of For every pair of etnies Jameson 2 eco purchased, one tree will be planted with trees for the future as a representation of your support and participation.
Even though we exceeded our planting goal in 2012, etnies' work in Brazil isn't done. Throughout 2013, etnies is continuing to partner with Trees for the Future with the goal of planting 200,000 more trees in São Paulo. To coincide with this expanding Brazilian forest, etnies has also expanded its Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree collection with new styles and colors for men, women and kids, including signature colorways for Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree project ambassadors and riders Matt "Wilko" Wilkinson and Nick Garcia. Also, our efforts have been recognized by the Surf Retailers Federation’s Australian Surf Industry Awards when we became the proud recipient of the 2013 Environment Award for our reforestation initiative. Keep checking back here for updates and progress on the project in 2013.
Over the last 500 years, Brazil's Atlantic Rainforest has been destroyed dramatically leaving only seven percent of its original cover today. Through agricultural production and urban development, millions of acres of trees have been tragically damaged, burned or cut down. etnies stepped in by expanding its Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree project to help reverse Brazil's deforestation. Through its partnership with Trees for the Future, a leading nonprofit organization planting trees worldwide through seed distribution, agroforestry training and in-country technical assistance, etnies brought people together to make a difference in this area, one shoe and tree at a time.
etnies began working with Trees for the Future with the goal of planting 100,000 trees within the Atlantic Rainforest's state of São Paulo throughout 2012. Through its partnership with this world-changing nonprofit, etnies' Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree project empowered and educated students and indigenous groups of Brazil on how to restore their lands with the tree cover that once filled their country. Local students and native groups of São Paulo were taught about environmental issues, how to produce tree seedlings and transplant trees. As the year went on and more consumers got involved, etnies was able to far exceed its original planting goal with a final count of 134,000 trees planted by the end of 2012.
One may seem like a small number, but in 2011, when one brand (etnies), teamed up with one tribe (the Maleku
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Since 1989, Trees for the Future, the international agroforestry nonprofit working to "plant trees and change lives", has been improving the lives of poor rural people around the world. By teaching farmers to plant fast-growing trees, and harvest them sustainably, rural families are being provided the basic necessities they need to live – food, firewood, fodder for livestock, construction materials, and more fertile soil. Since its founding, Trees for the Future has planted more than 65 million trees worldwide. Visit http://treesforthefuture.org to learn more.
etnies' Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree project is one step towards a greener future for parent company Sole Technology. The company's environmental commitment is a part of everything we do. It began with two simple words spoken by founder and owner Pierre-André Senizergues... GIVE BACK, and has grown into a full blown environmental revolution. Starting from the ground up, Senizergues has infused his passion for the environment to ensure that our actions convey the same commitment towards environmental responsibility. Each small step leads us closer to our ultimate goal of being the first action sports company to go carbon neutral by 2020. Learn more about how we are making that happen here: http://soletechnology.com/environment