Salt Marshes
They are called salt marshes and are found in more than 100 countries around the globe. They develop in calm coastal environments where fine muds collect in sheltered bays and estuaries creating a unique habitat. Salt tolerant plants and animals have adjusted their life strategies to thrive with twice daily tidal flooding and colonise the fine salt-rich sediments that make up this liminal wetland. At low tide, marshes are grazed by geese and other herbivores, bees feed and pollinate nectar rich flowers and in the summer months when the tides are low, birds nest on the higher areas.
But this extraordinary natural asset is facing extinction by 2100, with devastating consequences for biodiversity, people and the planet. Salt of The Earth sets out to bring people and communities together through a shared experience to raise global awareness, action and funding to support this remarkable natural asset.
One of the most pressing challenges of our generation is how we can confront the climate emergency we live in. How do we communicate the science in a way that has an emotional impact and moves people to action?
Taking salt marshes as a case study, through a unique multidisciplinary approach, we seek to make the climate emergency resonate personally and collectively and foster a sense of shared responsibility to take preventative action. At the heart of this work is a belief that storytelling is a powerful force for inciting and inspiring change.