Imagine going for a walk or jogging in a cool forest, and actually helping restore and preserve the earth every step of the way.
Kiki Grammatopoulos, a master’s student at Central Saint Martins College in London has created a 3-D printed shoe outsole called Rewild the Run that spreads seeds while you exercise, helping people preserve nature while staying active.
The sides of the rewilding shoes are covered with hooks and loops.
The outsole can fit over regular shoes and the design was based on the naturally hooked spines that appear on such plants as the Cocklebur and Grapple Plant.
Many species in the world of plants use hooks to attach themselves to animal fur.
They are then carried to a new location where they drop back onto the earth and take root, producing a new plant. This process, called epizoochory, is a common method of plant dispersal and reproduction.
The hooks on the rewilding shoes are designed to pick up these kinds of seeds during the natural activities of walking or running in wilderness areas, allowing new plants to be seeded in other places.
Rewilding is the act of returning an area of developed land to its natural and pristine state.
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