Education and practitionersConnected by ZapierHow The Pelvic Acu removes ocean plastic
The Pelvic Acu teaches pelvic health to acupuncturists. Every course enrollment funds ocean-bound plastic collection with Plastic Bank in Manila through 1ClickImpact, 133 lb so far.
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- Sector
- Education and practitioners
- Based in
- Portsmouth, NH, USA
- Sells
- Continuing education in pelvic health for acupuncturists
- Connected via
- Zapier
- Website
- www.thepelvicacu.com ↗
About The Pelvic Acu
The Pelvic Acu teaches pelvic health to acupuncturists who are already practicing, out of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Dr. Krystal Lynn Couture, a physical therapist and licensed acupuncturist, founded it and leads the teaching. The courses cover pelvic anatomy and pathology from both the Chinese and the Western medicine side, and pelvic floor needling. A separate webinar covers trauma-informed care for trans and gender-diverse patients.
The certificate, the online bundle and the live practicals all carry professional development credit, and Florida and California approve them as well.
Teaching is split between recorded modules and live two-day practicals in host cities such as Hallandale Beach, Toronto and New York, with free monthly case-review webinars alongside them.
“Ocean pollution impacts everything from food systems to community health, disproportionately affecting coastal and underserved populations. As healthcare providers and educators, we see environmental health as inseparable from human health.”
Published by The Pelvic Acu on its own blog, 16 January 2026thepelvicacu.com ↗Why they added impact
The Pelvic Acu’s team are healthcare providers and educators, and they see environmental health as inseparable from human health. Ocean pollution gets into food systems and into community health, and it falls hardest on coastal and underserved communities.
As The Pelvic Acu puts it, “This partnership allows us to align our educational mission with environmental responsibility.”
What they chose
- TriggerA practitioner enrolls on a coursePlastic is removed in the enrolling practitioner’s name.10 lb: certificate, bundle, practical
- Carried byZapierZapier triggers it from the enrollment. There is no code to maintain.
- Delivered byPlastic BankCollected and logged in 1 country, project by project.
- On the recordThe public profile updatesAnyone can open it and check the same figures this page shows.
The Pelvic Acu funds one thing, ocean plastic. The amount depends on what was bought: a pound for a webinar or a single course, ten pounds for the Advanced Certificate, the Online Bundle or a live practical.
Zapier links the enrollment to 1ClickImpact, so nobody at The Pelvic Acu writes or maintains code. Each practitioner gets a confirmation showing the weight removed in their name.
At roughly 23 bottles to the pound, the 133 lb funded so far comes to around 3,100 bottles kept out of the sea.
Plastic Bank has run collection in the Philippines since 2016 through nearly 700 collection communities. Collectors are paid by digital transfer and get social benefits on top, including Red Cross insurance and grocery vouchers. Each pound of plastic pays a collector as well as cleaning up the sea.
The Pelvic Acu’s 1ClickImpact profile is public, names Plastic Bank as the collector, and shows the weight funded so far. The full breakdown is below.
Impact to date
Every project The Pelvic Acu has funded, with the country, the delivery partner and the units. Read from its public profile, not reported by us.
- Philippines133100%
| Project | Country | Delivery partner | Funded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plastic Bank - Manila, Philippines | Philippines | Plastic Bank | 133 lb plastic |
Read from The Pelvic Acu's public impact profile. Project names link to the project's own page.
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