09/19/2026
Stroopwafels and coral might seem like an unlikely pairing, but our founder Chantal is also behind , our local nonprofit working to protect and restore the reefs around Honduras, where she lives.
So, a little reef science for anyone who isn’t already spending their free time keeping tabs on coral populations 👀🪸
One of the things we talk about during our bi-weekly CRG sessions is what’s actually happening to the reef, and importantly, what we can do about it.
Right now, many of the hard corals on our reef are considered functionally extinct, meaning they can no longer successfully reproduce enough on their own to recover at the rate they’re being lost.
That’s where the work you see in this video comes in. Healthy corals with strong genetic material are collected and brought together, creating an area with coral from different colonies. Having that genetic diversity in one place gives them a better opportunity to spawn and reproduce.
The idea is to create a sanctuary where coral can grow, reproduce and, hopefully, help build a stronger reef for the future.
Or, as Chantal puts it, to show what happens when you actually take care of something 💙
Today is International costal cleanup day too, so if you live by a beach or are passing one, why not take a bag and pick up and litter you see on your journey
