{"id":59261,"date":"2024-06-29T23:03:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T20:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geoconversation.org\/memos\/why-the-name-geoconversation-salt-of-the-earth\/"},"modified":"2024-06-29T23:03:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T20:03:16","slug":"why-the-name-geoconversation-salt-of-the-earth","status":"publish","type":"memos","link":"https:\/\/geoconversation.org\/en\/memos\/why-the-name-geoconversation-salt-of-the-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Why the name GeoConversation. Salt of the earth?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">GeoConversation is a platform for conversation on geology, geophysics, mining and ecology. Here you can meet people, make friends, help each other with advice, or find work through professional contacts. I received the coolest job offers through networking, for example, to work in the team of an Australian geophysicist in Kamchatka.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And, of course, business is built on networking and communication. Consultants and service companies will find their clients here.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why Salt of the Earth? This is what they say about people who love what they do. People who create and help others. The salt of the Earth is people of action. Every time I interview specialists, I see how passionate they are about their work and can talk about it endlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And without metaphor, Salt of the Earth is a reference to my hometown of Berezniki, where potassium salt is mined. The first thing I learned in geology was <s>lick stones <\/s>taste salt samples to distinguish between halite and sylvinite.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I\u2019m glad that the first article published on the portal is as consonant with its title as possible. It&#8217;s about a community of geospecialists who united together, <a href=\"https:\/\/geoconversation.org\/kak-geofizik-i-geolog-vmeste-praktikovali-anglijskij-i-chto-iz-etogo-vyshlo\/\">to practice English<\/a>. My first commercial project, my brainchild.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Ilya Protasov, Verkhnekamskoe potassium salt deposit<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GeoConversation is a platform for conversation on geology, geophysics, mining and ecology. 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