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It's a rule that the existence of vegan shoes implies the existence of carnivorous shoes
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this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2025
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In this case, wouldn't vegan be the opposite of organic?
No. Plants are vegan and can be used as material for shoes
But they aren't, vegan shoes would be made of polyester/nylon/other plastics.
They're usually not, at least at this time. More R&D needs to go into plant-based materials for more options. Even so, leather itself is also anything but "organic."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNQgcBUGD3g
The one in the post looks like it's polyester and foam. Why would plant based materials be better? I would think ideally you'd make the plastics out of ethanal and algie, but with how much processing goes into it, I'd hardly call that organic.
Did you watch the video?
I didn't see how it was relevant.
Because even if vegan shoes are made of synthetic materials, leather is still arguably worse. Anyway, having more plant-based materials to work with hypothetically means anything made of those materials should be more biodegradable. But you have a point, biodegradability almost kind of by definition means the product in question is one that's not designed to last. There's probably a middle ground that can be found, like shoes that break down into soil-enriching materials after 50-100 years.
Espadrille?
I have vegan shoes made of pineapple leaves. Checkmate atheist