Feminine care can be ecofriendly. Period.
The South Canterbury Eco Centre is set to host a session on waste-free periods next week.
Centre activator Alice Brice will be one of three people talking at the event.
Mrs Brice is a former health teacher and has been using sustainable period products for over a decade.
She said not everyone was wanting to save the planet, but some might be interested in saving money instead.
Money spent on disposable menstrual products in a lifetime was estimated at $16,000.
‘‘Everyone talks about the food cost for raising teenagers, but we feel for those people with three daughters.’’
Mrs Brice said reusable products were ‘‘a cost saver’’.
The night was open to all, whether that was teens or preteens heading along with a parent, or anyone in their 20s and 30s who was interested in saving money.
‘‘Empower your pre-teen to know what is on offer.’’
Mrs Brice said one thing she had learnt was how very personal it was. What might suit one individual would not suit another.
She had used a menstruation cup for a decade, but was now trying out a disc.
The disc was similar to a diaphragm (a once popular birth control method for women) and it sat higher up on a pelvic bone.
A person could still have sexual intercourse with the disc inserted.
But for teenagers, they were seeing more and more using period undies.
Hello Period had given them some samples for people at the workshop to look at.
‘‘The questions are going to flow afterwards.’’
The event would finish with supper.
It would be the third session of the centre’s monthly ‘‘Eco Talks’’ and would be held on April 1, at the centre in Redruth St.
It would run from 7pm to 9pm and cost $5 per person.
Prebookings were advised.
