Community Posted June 28, 2023 Share Posted June 28, 2023 If there’s one thing Allbirds is known for, it’s its innovative eco-friendly sneakers. Now, the brand has launched its latest design, the high-top M0.0NSHOT, which doesn’t boast a completely zero-carbon footprint but comes with open-source instructions to be replicated.The sock-like shoe features an upper made from merino wool sourced from regenerative sheep-raising farms in New Zealand, while the mid-sole comprises a carbon-sequestering material dubbed Superlight Foam, a different iteration of the brand’s initial SweetFoam. Back in 2018, Allbirds made the production instructions for the sugar cane-derived SweetFoam, which was initially developed by biotechnology firm Braskem, open-source as well. Other components of the Moonshot make use of Mango Materials, which use captured methane as feedstock to form bioplastic.Read full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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