The United States recognizes Earth Day on the 22nd, which is this Thursday! Footwear News of Women's Wear Daily did a roundup of eco-conscious efforts by shoe designers and retailers, including yours truly:

Not long after indie Website Moxsie.com debuted in 2009, CEO Jon Farhner discovered that the company could serve its eco-minded shoppers even better. He saw that many of his customers wanted organic fabrics and socially conscious manufacturing.

“We realized, this is not just a category within indie fashion, this is parallel to indie fashion, even predominant,” he said. “There’s got to be customers who only want to look at this stuff.”

That's why we created the Moxsie Eco Shop, and that's also the philosophy we use in selecting every designer we bring to the site. Take a look at your daily routine this week, and think about how it impacts the earth. Small changes can make a big difference, and we hope you'll join us in supporting our brands, not only for their awesome designs, but also for their sustainability efforts.

Women's Wear Daily featured Moxsie's Eco Shop in its latest edition of Shop Talk.

The move, said CEO Jon Farhner, was a natural extension for the Moxsie.com brand. “It was important for Moxsie to open the ‘cyber door’ to the Eco Shop because independent fashion designers have historically been extremely passionate about environmental and humanitarian causes,” said Farhner. “In our merchandise category and to many of our shoppers, living green is the only life they know.”

We're quite proud of our Eco Shop. On top of our independent designer selection and regular donations to charities, the Eco Shop has given our customers yet another way to be more conscientious of what they buy and how they're buying it.

Those of you who watch the site like hawks might be interested to know that we're actually getting two new jewelry brands in this week, one of which has a dedicatedly eco line. We can't wait to show off the ways they're revolutionizing jewelrymaking!

According to Refinery 29 via Women's Wear Daily, we can expect the most fall-looking palette ever to grace spring collections in 2010. Colors are muted, though saturated, but our own hypothesis is this will mostly apply to basic pieces, leaving plenty of room for pops of color and metallic accents.