Some of the best moments in our own lives have been outside, and we believe that the more people who can experience the outdoors, the better. For that reason, we enjoy the fact that Oboz shoes help equip people for their outdoor adventures, but we didn't want it to stop there. As a result, we've put together a few projects that we’re all pretty excited about.

{Buy a pair of Oboz and we'll plant a tree.}

Trees protect the environment and help improve the livelihoods of people and communities. That's why we partnered with Trees for the Future, which, since 1989, has given communities around the world the gift of trees through seed distribution, agroforestry training, and hands-on assistance. Over the years, Trees for the Future has aided 12,000 communities in planting millions of trees, restoring life to land that was degraded, abandoned or unproductive. The trees provide food, fuel, and medicine to the community and create beneficial biodiversity for the landscape.

CLEAN ENERGY & OFFSETS

We are a member of the EPA Green Power Partnership by ensuring that 100% the electricity supplied to the Oboz office is from the Judith Gap Wind Farm in Montana. We also have offset the carbon produced from travel, maintaining the office and shipping our shoes from our factory to our individual retailers. We've chosen to offset our carbon through NativeEnergy and enjoy supporting projects such as the Greensburg Wind Farm Project and the Rainier Farm Biogas Project.

GREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION

Oboz has partnered with the Greater Yellowstone Coalition in order to protect the lands, water and wildlife of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. The GYC has been a pioneer in defining and promoting the concept of ecosystem management. The GYC engages in a wide variety of efforts to improve land management in the Yellowstone region so the area's forests, streams, wildlife and other natural features will flourish for the enjoyment of future generations.

SHOE RECYCLING

We hate to see a wasted pair of shoes. That's why we make efforts to find new homes for samples, warrantied shoes, factory seconds & other shoes that might otherwise end up in the trash. We've found some great organizations locally in Bozeman, such as Uganda Orphans' Fund, Family Promise, Stuff a Bus, and Youth Dynamics. And then, sometimes shoes lose their mate. We’ve sent all of our unmatched pairs of shoes to the National Odd Shoe Exchange and Soles4Souls.