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Indosole and Last Layer join director Zoee Marsh to promote sustainable fashion production by breathing life back into an abandoned, post-apocalyptic swimming pool. Australian choreographer and movement director Zoee Marsh celebrates activism and draws an awareness to fast fashion flooding the Earth.

As a brand, we have always respected the Japanese culture, the food, the people and of course their tradition. We always thought that our brand would be a good fit in Japan and now we have our opportunity. We have partnered with some amazing people who we believe will take our brand to another level.

Fashion Revolution week is one of our favorite celebrations of the year. Fashion Revolution is an organization who promotes responsible manufacturing and fair labor practices in manufacturing. At Indosole, we believe in transparency in the supply chain and this has been one of our core values since day 1. While larger companies are back peddling to fix their manufacturing to be more responsible and transparent, we have built our company around these methods. Transparency is a key attribute of our brand which we are proud of.  Last year, we worked with Fashion Revolution to create our own campaign called "I made your sandals." in an effort to provide our customers with a look behind the scenes at the Indosole workshop. These are the people that make our world go around. They are the ones that develop and make our footwear.  Last week our Head of Sustainability - Kai Paul and Marketing Manager and Founder of Last Layer - Zepha Jackson were on location at the SLOW Hotel in Canggu, Bali for an evening of Q&A and talk about manufacturing practices in Indonesia. Kai and Zepha talked about what responsible manufacturing means to them and how we promote it in our brand's messaging.  "To me, responsible manufacturing is tied to respect. Respect for the earth and the land that we love to play in. It is actually quite simple, we want to swim and surf in clean water, to walk on clean sand, and breathe fresh air. Clean manufacturing is just one of the things that contributes to having a more green and blue world."     Kai Paul, Head of Sustainability at Indosole  "Last Layer represents communities of talented artisans, tribes, innovators and designers. Working together to offer unique product in line with our slow made values. The story is special, the process is ethical and the wastage is minimal." Zepha Jackson, Founder at Last Layer  Meet the artisans at Last Layer   Kai and Zepha Speaking at The SLOW Hotel on April 22nd:  Thank you for supporting transparency and responsibility in the supply chain, Indosole              

REI now stocks Indosole! A sustainable partnership for outdoor and environmental enthusiasts.

Indosole AU's Solemate of the month. A couple of weeks ago in Sydney, Australia, Tessa joined a bunch of passionate high school students to rally for change.

Because eco friendly doesn't have to be boring.

On Saturday, 16th February, over 20,000 people in over 120 locations, lined Bali's beaches to collect trash. An annual initiative led by One Island One Voice to address Bali's state of emergency against pollution. We joined forces with Liina Klauss and a handful of legends to clean up Mengenin Beach in Seseh. During that one morning on one single beach, 3250 single shoes were collected. Using the lost soles, Liina Klauss created this River Of Rubbish. A confronting image that conveys the message that land-based trash sources make up 80% of the world’s marine pollution which means almost all plastics come down the river.  A big thank you to everyone who joined in for Bali's Biggest Clean Up.   Learn more and join the next clean up via oneislandonevoice.org Film by @sustainable_vagabondsImages by Gary Benchigib

For those of you who have  lived, surfed, or been around Canggu, Bali then you may have seen 20 year old local Oka Kawan doing casual headstands and hang tens at his home break in Batu Bolong. Usually the one with the biggest grin and the greatest energy in the lineup.  If you haven't met Oka, he is one of the humblest humans around and currently needs your support! Oka will be coming to Australia for the first time for the Byron Bay Surf Festival and to compete in the Noosa Longboarding contest, whilst experiencing a new country and meeting rad people.His visa is approved and flights are booked, but he needs financial support for simple accomodation and transport, one nights stay in Aus can sometimes be half a month's pay in Bali.Whether a traveller, surfer, lover of Bali past or present, or apart of the Canggu Community / expat Bali business, your help will go a long way.Oka steps foot on foreign soil on the 18th of Feb, we hope you can give him a helping hand! CLICK HERE FOR THE GO FUND ME CAMPAIGN Thanks for your support of Oka

We need your support! After 8 years of heavy product development and team building, our Indosole business is growing. We are now making strides towards achieving our environmental mission of preventing one million tires from reaching landfills while manufacturing high-quality footwear. In 2019 we will be selling with major retailers worldwide and launching new environmental initiatives with partners in Indonesia and USA. We have launched our 4th Kiva loan. After successfully paying back loans of $5k, $10k, and $30k we are now going for $100k at 0% interest. Please consider helping us out in hitting our goal and bolstering up our manufacturing and improving our factory and making a better environment for our factory workers. Thank you!