DANCING and YOGA

• Barefoot Dancing  – Free-style barefoot dancing groups
• 7 Yoga-Inspired Exercises for Happy & Healthy Feet, by Laura Heggs, in DoYouYoga.com (2018)
  

BAREFOOT WATER SKIING

• World Barefoot Council

 AMAZING FEET OF THOSE WITHOUT ARMS

• Armless beauty vlogger a social media hit in Thailand – ABC.net.news (October, 2018)
• Inspirational Man Born Without Arms – Drives car, works for NASCAR race team

(For videos on this topic, see devoted section in: Videos on Barefooting)

CHILDREN’S CAMPS

• Night Eagle Wilderness Adventures – A “primitive” summer camp for boys in Vermont.  Quote from website: “Although most camps require their campers to wear shoes during the summer, Night Eagle campers choose to “lose their shoes” while they are at camp and try to get closer to the earth by going barefoot. Campers feel that going barefoot gives them a deeper, more respectful relationship with Nature and, from an environmental point of view, lessens the impact they have on the earth…. (updated 2021)
  
• Roots Camp – This camp for children, in Germany, encourages es going barefoot as part of appreciating the outdoor experience.  (Updated 2021)

SHOE CHARITIES – Concerns with them

• The Last Word – Support the KIND Fund – (MSNBC video) Commentary by Lawrence O’Donnell, describing barefoot adults and children he met in Malawi as conveying “strength, determination and grace.” They don’t need or want shoes. They want educational resources  (Nov. 2018).
• Why “Buy One, Give One” Companies Don’t Help Anyone” – an educational video produced by Adam Ruins Everything (2015)
• The Trouble With Tom’s shoes – From Becoming Peculiar (2012)
  
• A Day Without Dignity – (A video) Summarizes why donating shoes and clothing to developing countries is expensive and competes with local business (2011).
• Do you cause more harm than good by Giving TOM’s shoes to the poor? – The observations of a Peace Corp volunteer, Zac Mason (2010)

FACEBOOK GROUPS

A number of Facebook groups devote themselves to the subject of barefooting as a comfortable and healthy lifestyle choice.  Each has its own rules, guidelines and focus .

The SBL offers the SBL Facebook group as its officially endorsed Facebook presence.