Guest post by the Rocking the Daisies team.

We are all in such a rush these days. It‘s just work and more work, chores, shopping, entertaining going to the gym… As a result, we end up forgetting about what is really important – our health and the environment.

Think! is a shoe label designed in Austria and manufactured in Europe. They operate under very strict ecological and organic standards. “For us, environmental protection is neither a marketing tool nor a temporary fashion topic, but the pure conviction and a solid part of our company philosophy.”

Think! has been around for 18 years. They only use materials that are kind to humans as well as to nature. Each vegetable tanned leather shoe is produced by hand in the age old tradition, and they only use natural tannins for colouring while the soles are made of pure cork. The result is a 100% hypoallergenic and toxin free shoe that allows your feet to breath.

Available in South Africa, ‘Think’ exhibit annually at the Natural Organic Products Exhibition in Johannesburg and at the Good Food and Wine show in Cape Town. They have winter and summer ranges for both sexes and their prices vary between R1000 and R1600 a pair.

This is a great example of a company who is sustainably implementing greening initiatives and who has been doing so long before environmentally conscious became a buzz word.

So if you are in need of a good pair of shoes, hate mass production and want to help save the environment, ‘Think’.

Rocking the Daisies, South Africa’s first carbon-neutral music festival, achieved carbon-neutral status for the first time and this year will do the same thanks to the use of environmentally friendly practices and products. The festival’s motto is: play hard, tread lightly.