THE PROJECT · 8 YEARS
We all came from the ocean
For eight years we have been collecting plastic from the Portuguese coast and turning it into vegan shoes, handmade in Portugal.
Zouri is a Portuguese eco-vegan footwear brand. We collect plastic from the beaches of the Portuguese coast and turn it into shoes, alongside ecological and plant-based materials.
It is not a special line or a one-off campaign. It is how every pair is made, from the sand where the plastic was picked up to the hands that stitch it in the north of Portugal.
ZOURI / 8 YEARS OCEAN MISSION
Eight years on an ocean mission
ZOURI / THE TEAM
The people who make Zouri
Zouri was born from Adriana Mano's childhood dream: protecting the oceans. Before there was a company, there were years of research around a single question — how do you put plastic collected from beaches inside a shoe sole?
Today the answer is made by many hands, almost all of them Portuguese: the schools and associations that collect the plastic, the people who turn it into soles, the factory that stitches every pair and the team that gives it its look.
ZOURI / THE TEAM — FAIR, LOCAL & SUSTAINABLE
Who you'll meet in the film
Adriana Mano
Founder of Zouri.
Marcos Barros
Barros Lda. — a footwear factory over 85 years old, now in its third generation.
Tânia
Styling and creative direction.
Matilde
Photography.
Andreia
Film direction and editing.
Small choices add up
We keep the value chain in Portugal, from the plastic picked up on the beach to the person who wears the pair. And the loop doesn't end there: at the end of their life, the shoes can come back to Zouri, be shredded and become a new product — and whoever returns them gets a discount.
“Small actions, small changes in behaviour, small choices can actually make a difference.”
Tânia, styling and creative direction
In short episodes
Adriana Mano — eight years and around 22 tonnes of plastic.
Marcos Barros — a factory over 85 years old.
From the beach to the sole — natural rubber and collected plastic.
Tânia, Matilde and Andreia — the look of Zouri.