Menstrual Specific Sites Environmental Sites Product Links Other
Student Environmental Action Coalition at UNC Tampon Webpage
Ruth's Page on Endometriosis and Dioxins
"Under Wraps: Going with the Flow" A Film About Menstruation
Menstrual Product Resources - We are trying to provide the most comprehensive resource listing - world-wide - of reusable menstrual companies, information on menstruation, books and articles of interest.
Vision Paper -- "The Clearcut Alternative" Vision Paper is a small, innovative company that has taken a clearly unique approach to paper. Our mission is to make the most environmentally positive products possible. What we do Vision Paper works with U.S. farmers to grow an annual row crop called kenaf. We use the kenaf as our raw material instead of trees. We manufacture pulp and paper, without using any chlorine compounds, and we sell the paper to printers, companies, and organizations nationally.
Reach for Unbleached! -- a national foundation and Canadian registered charity working for a sustainable pulp and paper industry by making pulp mills clean up and by promoting clean paper
Forest Conservation Portal -- The mission of Forests.org is to contribute to ending deforestation, preserving old-growth forests, conserving all forests, maintaining climatic systems and commencing the age of ecological restoration. Forests.org is for educational and non-commercial use only
The Georgia Straight Alliance - The Strait of Georgia and Strait of Juan de Fuca are encircled by eleven pulp mills, which consume massive quantities of fresh water and continuously discharge toxic waste to air, water and soil. They are British Columbia's leading source of dioxins and furans, the most toxic substances known.
World Rainforest Movement -- ...these three companies own more than 300,000 hectares of fast-growing eucalyptus monocultures [to supply the pulp mills], which are having strong negative impacts on water, soils and biodiversity which also impact negatively on local peoples' livelihoods. At the same time, plantation development has not only not provided the badly needed jobs but, on the contrary, has resulted in net employment losses in the region...
Dr. Felicia Beardsley, an archeologist, takes a trip to Micronesia (4/99). While there she takes part in a ceremony celebrating the completion of a new menstrual hut. If you follow this link, about halfway down the page are descriptions of the use of this building, and some photos.
"Landover Ladies Expose the Truth About Tampons. Vow to 'Stop Satan From Pulling the Strings'"
