Since 1993, a Green Award Consortium, comprised of the Santa Barbara County Resource Recovery & Waste Management Division of the Public Works Department, the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District, Community Environmental Council, Santa Barbara County Water Agency and SBCAG Traffic Solutions, has recognized Santa Barbara County businesses and organizations for outstanding environmental efforts. Visit www.greendifference.org to learn more about Santa Barbara's leading green businesses.
Who We Are - With all the over-built, over-hyped products out there, its pretty hard to find comfortable shoes that you can live with. So we started Simple, your stereotypical, anti-stereotype brand offering good shoes and a big dose of reality. About a gazillion pairs later... give or take a few... weve managed to learn a few things. Well, actually a lot of things. And none more important than this: HOW we make our shoes is just as important as WHY we make them. That means finding more sustainable ways of doing business so we can make a gazillion more. Which pretty much is where we are today... at the crossroads of here and now, aware of our responsibility to the planet while trying to pay the bills. The nice little shoe company getting in touch with its inner hippie.
Our Process
Sometimes our progress is notable while at other times the improvements are harder to come by. The important thing is were committed to making our product 100% sustainable. Finding materials and processes that make our products sustainable is a method we call Green Toe. It isnt a magical formula, or a cure. It is a compass that, we hope, points to a bright green future. Progress in Green Toe is measured with a scale called good, better, best. The best category represents our most sustainable shoes and bags and sets the bar for the rest of the line. Moving forward these same innovative materials and constructions will be found in the good and better categories, raising the bar for the best products. Pretty nifty, huh? - www.simpleshoes.com
Deckers Outdoor Corporation, whose corporate office is located in Goleta, remains close to its origin. It is there, as a UCSB student, that Doug Otto, Chairman, began producing sandals in 1973. Since then, Deckers has grown into an international company with three footwear brands - Teva, Simple and UGG Australia.
As Deckers continues into the future, it strives to be a premier lifestyle marketer that builds niche brands in global market leaders.
