077: Kind Cup - Bringing Innovation to Menstrual Cups and the Feminine Hygiene Industry with Christine Brown

A Sustainable Mind - environment & sustainability podcast

Marjorie Alexander

Society & Culture, Science, Nature

4.6 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Kind Cup Kickstarter Campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kindcup/kind-cup-the-innovative-menstrual-cup?ref=72obwi&token=02b39bee

Visit our site for a full transcript of this episode at www.ASustainableMind.com/077

Founder and designer of Kind Cup, Christine Brown, grew up in a small agricultural beach town in Southern California. A sixth-generation Carpinterian, Brown is a part-time avocado farmer, and American Sign Language teacher and advocate. Brown studied Critical Social Thought at Mount Holyoke College, and Deaf Studies: Cultural Studies for graduate school in Washington D.C. at Gallaudet University.

In this episode Marjorie and Christine Brown discuss:

How menstrual cups work and why they can be a much better alternative to tampons and pads.
How Christine came up with the idea for Kind Cup.
The design elements that make Kind Cup unique.
Marjorie's personal experiences with menstrual cups over the last 15 years and why she loves the Kind Cup design.
What to consider when choosing a menstrual cup that works best with your body and lifestyle.

Resources from Christine Brown:

Direct Relief - Kind Cup's non-profit partner (DirectRelief.org) - Direct Relief is a humanitarian aid organization, active in all 50 states and more than 80 countries, with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies – without regard to politics, religion, or ability to pay.
- Here is the press release about their work with Kind Cup https://www.kindcup.com/blogs/news/podcast-with-direct-relief-on-period-poverty
Intersectional Environmentalist Group (IntersectionalEnvironmentalist.com) - A platform for resources, information, and action steps to support intersectional environmentalism and dismantle systems of oppression in the environmental movement, led by environmental activists and sustainability advocates.
Put a Cup in It (PutACupInIt.com) - A collection of resources about reusable menstrual products overall and great general info if you are new to the conversation about menstrual cups
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Connect with Christine Brown and Kind Cup:

Website: https://www.kindcup.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kindcup
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kind.cup/
Kickstarter Campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kindcup/kind-cup-the-innovative-menstrual-cup?ref=72obwi&token=02b39bee

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0:00.0	This is A Sustainable Mind, episode 77.
0:04.3	Today, I am super excited to introduce you to a new product that I have been raving about for
0:09.7	several months now, but I kind of have been keeping the cat in the bag, so to speak, because
0:14.4	this company is just now in the midst of their national launch.
0:18.0	So needless to say, I've been under a bit of an embargo.
0:22.0	We're going to be chatting with the amazing founder of the company behind this product here
0:25.9	in just a few moments, but before we get into that, I want to thank our donors.
0:30.9	Vincent A from Las Vegas, Nevada, Elizabeth B from Oak Park, Illinois,
0:36.7	Amanda B from Laramie, Wyoming, Jessica D. from
0:40.8	Topeka, Kansas, and David H. from Culver City, California. Thank you all so much for your ongoing
0:47.2	donations, and also thank you very much for everyone that has been sending me emails, DMs on
0:53.3	Instagram, and text messages.
0:55.0	I love receiving those and hearing all about how this show has impacted you, your family, and your community.
1:02.0	So get in touch. I really look forward to hearing from you.
1:08.0	Welcome to A Sustainable Mind, where we delve into the minds behind today's most impactful environmental campaigns, organizations, and startups, inspiring the environmental change makers of tomorrow.
1:21.2	I'm your host, Marjorie Alexander.
1:31.9	Christine Brown is the founder of Kind Cup.
1:36.2	Christine and I had an opportunity to meet earlier this year in 2020.
1:47.9	We met at a Women's Empowerment Expo, and I saw this amazing booth across the way and what looked to me like a menstrual cup. And I have been a huge, huge advocate for menstrual cups for 15 years ever since I started using them.
1:53.6	Back when I started, I remember I was going to go on semester at sea. I was going to be out of
1:58.5	the country for three months. And I was wondering to myself, what am I going to use for feminine hygiene products? When you're traveling
2:05.3	around the world, you're not familiar with the stores, you're not familiar with the products,
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