The Case book

Mason A Peacock

English 1101
Chu Jennifer (2013, May 22) Mit News footwears (carbon) footprint [web log post]

http://news.mit.edu/2013/footwear-carbon-footprint-0522

Shoes, such a simple object yet think about all the pairs out in the world. The shoe just

thinking about brings images to mind, but what really goes into a shoe. Come to think

of it how is a shoe made, and what the impact of a shoe. This question was asked and a

group at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) took up this question, and what

they found may shock some. Carbon footprint, a term used often in today's media

refers to the emission of carbon from and object or individual. To many surprise the

manufacturing process of a shoe has 65 different components that go into the making.

The average running shoe through this study was found to produce 30 pounds of

carbon. Now think about how many shoes are in the world and how many are produced

each year. The shoes footprint may be greater than once thought.

Golemen Daniel (2009 June 23) Why dont running shoes Biodegrade {web log post}

https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11817

The running shoe, simple in design and yet they are so complex when it comes due to

what they are made of. The shoes that many people wear are made in factories and

many may think when they throw out an old pair of shoes they just biodegrade, right?

Wrong, many pairs of shoes cannot fully biodegrade and are left for centuries to come.

Not every part of the shoe can biodegrade, we are mainly focusing on the sole of the

shoe and its impact on the environment. The soles degrade slowly and last many years,

releasing poisonous chemicals into the environment. Also in the case of running shoes,
 the air pockets within some styles of shoes contain ozone destroying gas. This leads to

the question of how do we come up with a better solution?

Mosbergen Dominique (10/14/2016 09:13 am ET), Huffington post, Creating A Shoe Without

A Footprint

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/shoes-without-a-footprint-zero-

carbon_us_57ff5687e4b05eff5581a3ed

Carbon footprint, imagine if we could take that into literal terms and turn carbon into a

footprint. A group of researchers has developed a way to condense carbon into a fabric

like material and have produced a shoe entirely made out of carbon. This discovery

could revolutionize the way we look at carbon emissions. The once harmful

greenhouse gases could be reformed into useful materials that in turn could help cut

down carbon emissions. Although this is a far-off reality, there are five pairs of these

zero-carbon shoes in existence and soon carbon may actually become our footprint.

Gina-Marie Cheeseman on Wednesday, May 14th, 2014, triplepundit.com, Nike Significantly

Reduces Carbon Footprint

http://www.triplepundit.com/2014/05/nike-reduces-carbon-footprint/
Can a big-name company reduce its carbon emissions, Nike has set its sights on this
goal and has laid out a plan to reduce its carbon emissions in its process of production
of shoes. Nike Inc. plans on achieving this goal by reducing the amount of waste in
their products, one example being that Nike reduced its average shoebox weight by a
margin of 3%. These changes can be seen throughout the Nike corporation from the
dyeing units, shoe production, and even to waste management. In 2013, Nike was able
to reduce landfill waste by 92% at major global distribution centers. Nike is the
spearhead to this step in the right direction and in the near future we should see many
more companies fall in line.