cinder + salt | the salty life

The problem with climate change is that it’s too big of a problem. For real though! With so much bad news about how much we have lost, how difficult (re impossible) it will be to reverse the damage we’ve caused & how futile it is to actively mitigate further Earthly woes, it’s no wonder people feel so defeated by those two words. That’s precisely why cinder + salt is focused on eco-optimism AND providing opportunities to engage with Earth. There’s so much bad news that people are, simply put, checked out. They don’t feel like their actions will have any...

Let’s get right to the point… you get to pet sea turtles. Real life, 450 pound, behemoth sea turtles. Maybe “pet” is the wrong word… The amazing STC biologists call it a body check; you swipe away the sand and check the health of your patient (sea turtle!!) looking for damage to their shells, checkin’ on those flippy flips and last but not least, make sure their little not-so-tiny heads are free from barnacles and wounds. The fact is, every part of “working the turtle” is important for the researchers but every time we found a nesting mama, you can...

I know that everyone is having their own unique experience with Covid right now. For me, I’ve actually been fine with the new reality of Covid (I mean, I detest having to wear a mask but in general I wasn’t too surprised by a pandemic and I adapted quickly). But every now and then I get this creeping anxiety that I can feel simmering below my skin. Especially after George Floyd’s murder and hosting our PRIDE Day street clean-up, I feel like there is so much work to be done in this world and I always feel like I need...