World of Barefoot

Meet and greet Ethiopia Skate, a grassroots community of skateboarders working to empower young people and promote access to skateboarding.

BEING A GIRL is being redefined before our eyes. It’s one of the most exciting parts of parenting tomorrow’s women today. Well, we think so, anyway. The books are changing, the movies are changing, the toys are changing – even...

IT´S TIME TO REMOVE THE PADDING The sneakers – or trainers – that countless kids around the world pull on every day aren´t good for their feet, bodies OR brains. This is what happens when sports meets fashion and...

1. Feet are connected Our feet are packed with nerve endings that create a vital sensory feedback loop connecting brains to feet and the rest of the body. Keeping this system sparking and active forms the foundation for happy, healthy...

Something doesn’t fit! It goes way back, to ancient Greek philosophers who were already describing how ill-fitting sandals caused diseases of the foot; Socrates himself was known to insist on walking barefoot. In the 1800s European doctors and scientists published...

There’s a problem underfoot that has probably never crossed your mind – a problem that is affecting your body’s natural potential from the ground up. The problem is that, along with sitting, processed foods and sugary drinks should probably reconsidered...