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One Day Without Shoes, April 8th
Amongst the frenzy that is going on here on EVOKE, I ask you, my fellow EVOKEians to please join me tomorrow, Thursday, April 8th, for one day without shoes. It will be something not only to indirectly bring our community together, but it will also give you the opportunity to make a difference.
One day without shoes is hosted by TOMS shoes. If you don't know about the company already, please read my very first blog post. It was about the founder, Blake Mycoskie. This day is one on which to raise awareness about the various problems that people around the world are facing simply because they do not have shoes.
Rahul put a great video up that is from TOMS shoes about a 100% preventable disease called podoconiosis. It can be found here: http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/preventing-podoconiosis
I urge you to join me on this day, whether it be for the entire day or only a few hours. Please take a few moments to visit TOMS website and learn a little bit more about it, and when someone asks you why you are not wearing shoes, you can give them an educated answer, and put a lot of meaning behind your actions.
Thanks.
If you do decide to take part, please share pictures here as evidence! I would love to see people getting involved :)
One day without shoes is hosted by TOMS shoes. If you don't know about the company already, please read my very first blog post. It was about the founder, Blake Mycoskie. This day is one on which to raise awareness about the various problems that people around the world are facing simply because they do not have shoes.
Rahul put a great video up that is from TOMS shoes about a 100% preventable disease called podoconiosis. It can be found here: http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/preventing-podoconiosis
I urge you to join me on this day, whether it be for the entire day or only a few hours. Please take a few moments to visit TOMS website and learn a little bit more about it, and when someone asks you why you are not wearing shoes, you can give them an educated answer, and put a lot of meaning behind your actions.
Thanks.
If you do decide to take part, please share pictures here as evidence! I would love to see people getting involved :)
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Comment by Reema on April 8, 2010 at 10:26pm
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I'm so glad to hear it Sunny! :)
Thank you nomad :)
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Comment by Chris Ke Sihai on April 11, 2010 at 1:04pm
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Hi Turil,
Cold is definitely bad, and broken glass can be a pain too. But on the other hand, your feet evolved over millions of years to deal with sharp sticks under the snow. You may be surprised at how resilient you become with a little practise.
Part of the joy of walking barefool is that you also become more aware of where you're walking. You learn to think about each step, to respond to the surface you're walking on. I suggest learning Taiji too, but only if you can find a teacher that focuses on body mechanics instead of all that chi hocus pocus. Getting things out of line is veeery damaging, as my knees will testify.
All the same, there are times when you need something on your feet. How about a pair of moccasins? I guess they're traditionally made from skin, but you may be able to find something made out of oil-derived products instead. I seem to remember my mother having a pair of moccasins a million years ago and the leather soles became very smooth and slippery with use, so synthetics are probably better from a purely practical point of view.
Soooo.... instead of helping people buy a pair of Reeboks, is anyone publishing plans for how to set up moccasin production facilities in countries where people need protection from parasites?
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Comment by Kevin DiVico on April 17, 2010 at 7:25am
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great post...
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Thanks Kevin :)
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