PONTE VEDRA — There’s an elephant in an office park off Palm Valley Road, a colorful creature, more than 5 feet high, which began life as thousands of dirty, tossed-away flip-flops gathered from the ...

KUSA — An artist knows inspiration ebbs and flows, so when it flows, Tom Blumenthal seizes the opportunity because he knows it might not come again. “Yeah, this is my first piece and it’s also my last ...

Flip-flops are a South Florida closet staple, but around the world, they pollute our oceans. One global company is changing the way we see our favorite footwear. Ocean Sole works to give flip-flops a ...

In Kenya, creativity meets sustainability in the most inspiring way imaginable by turning over 1,000,000 discarded flip-flops ...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Artists halfway around the world are using something usually found at the beach to sculpt art sold in the Jacksonville area and across the globe. “We are the art of the ...

Sure, it's tough to earn a living as an artist. But it helps if your materials don't cost a lot. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, several of the Kenyan craftspeople work wonders with discarded ...

Turning one million dirty flip flops into art in Kenya tells a powerful story about creativity, environmental awareness, and ...

Forget sea glass and bottled messages; flip-flops are the flotsam washing up by the thousands on Kenya’s beaches. So many that a company has decided to treat them as a resource, turning beach cleanup ...

Marine waste and unemployment are two significant concerns in Kenya. A non-profit organization called Ocean Sole is on a mission to address them both. Flip-flops litter the beaches throughout the ...

Sure, it's tough to earn a living as an artist. But it helps if your materials don't cost a lot. At the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, several of the Kenyan craftspeople work wonders with discarded ...