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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ocean Sole Africa, a social enterprise and nonprofit based in Kenya with a mission to turn the Earth’s flip-flop pollution into inspiring art, has recently expanded sales operations to Northeast ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Flip-flops make up about 25% of ocean plastic in some places. One company in Kenya is turning old sandals into colorful works of art. More from News Flip-flops make up ...