Sustainable Cycles is off to an incredible start in 2013! We were awarded the year-long Lead Now Fellowship; we are presenting at the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Conference this June; and we are sending Spokeswomen on a trip from the Bay Area to New York City – 3,250 miles!
Our 2013 trip will be led by Rachel Horn, a recent graduate of UC Berkeley (read more about Rachel in her bio on our “About” page). The trip begins April 28th in the Bay Area and will take about three months. Passionate Spokeswomen are invited to come along for either the entire trip or a short leg. Please email Rachel directly if you are interested in joining up!
rachihorn@gmail.com
Like our previous trip, menstrual cup companies are donating cups for us to give away. Spokeswomen will write blog posts and articles, do interviews, give workshops, and make a ruckus to raise awareness about sustainable menstrual products.
Donate now to Rachel’s trip! Her total budget for the 3 month trip (including food, bike repair, sleeping arrangements, a train ticket back to California, everything) is $2,000.
We run on a tight (practically non-existent) budget and we are proud of it! On our last bike trip we spent just $1,400, while giving away 200 menstrual cups. Within a year of use the cups we gave away will save our giftees $9,600 (considering that most women spend $4/month on throw-away supplies). Since the cups last 10 years, those cups will save our giftees $96,000 dollars!
Think about it – with an investment of $1,400, Sustainable Cycles saved women $96,000 – that is $68 dollars of value for every $1 invested. Of course it’s not just about money – those cups are also reducing waste, and benefiting women’s health.
It’s a great investment – donate to keep this incredible project going strong!
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