Love and Reciprocity · September 25, 2026
Grief is like Glitter...
🌊✨ See this beautiful turtle mural? 🐢 Something about it describes how my life feels right now. The ladder at the bottom feels like me, trying to climb back onto the wagon I’ve…
Stories
Stories.
Field notes, signed stories, and press from the work.
Journal
Things worth writing down.
Values and Belonging · June 30, 2026
Celebrating Diversity: Neurodivergence and Queerness
What if forests don't teach us what to be— but how to belong? As Pride Month ends, I've found myself thinking less about human labels and more about forests. The more I read about…
Love and Reciprocity · April 28, 2026
Awe, Science, and Hope
Lessons from the Monteverde Cloud Forest 💔➡️💚 From Eco-Grief to Earth Hope In my last video post, I shared how I was feeling the pain of seeing the fires and climate…
Media & Appearances
Watch it instead.
Promo
The Forest Is The Therapist
A short film introducing Nature and Forest Therapy with The Wild Cypress.
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Tour
Summer tours the US, connecting the Deaf community to the Wild world of Nature.
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What Forest Therapy Actually Is
Coming soon
ASL Storytelling
Signing the Names of Trees
Coming soon
Field Clip
Adaptive Paddling Day
Coming soon
Talk
Why Access Starts at the Trailhead
Coming soon
Press Highlights
Books and appearances.
- Book
Success Wisdom: By Deaf and Hard of Hearing People (opens in a new tab)
Karen Putz’s Success Wisdom gathers the stories of Deaf leaders and changemakers. Summer’s chapter follows her advocacy for Deaf people’s access to healing in nature, and the paths she has opened through nature and forest therapy in sign language.
- Book
All Humans Outside: Stories of Belonging in Nature (opens in a new tab)
All Humans Outside is a photography book about people the mainstream outdoor world often leaves out. Summer’s journey appears alongside other people from marginalized communities who are showing that the outdoors belongs to everyone.
- Appearance
Seek The World (opens in a new tab)
Deaf Bus Lifer, Summer Crider, Connects You with the World of Nature!
- Appearance
Indigenous Ways Wisdom Circle (opens in a new tab)
Summer grew up as the child of musicians. In this circle, Summer shared that story and how it led to challenging society’s ideas of what music should be, and of who belongs in it. The talk ended on how Indigenous wisdom supports healing, of ourselves and of the earth.
- Appearance
Travelability (opens in a new tab)
New Wellness Farm Offers the First Deaf-Friendly Nature Therapy Experience
Newsletter
A letter now and then.
Walk dates, new writing, and the occasional photograph of a tree.