The Inspiring Bee

Finding purpose in climate action.

  • Overwhelmed and Care About the Planet? Us too. Here’s What This Resilience Coach Says We Can All Do.

    I’ll be honest. Lately, I’ve been overwhelmed by everything going on in the world. Everywhere I look, there are signs that the earth is overheated and overwhelmed, too. It’s been abnormally hot this fall, when things should be cooling down. There have been catastrophic storms in the US (a recent one just happened in Southern…

  • A Climate Picture Book

    I haven’t seen too many climate or earth-friendly picture books passing through my local library except during Earth Day so I was excited to find this. I posted my review of another one, on my writing blog. While books on climate change for adults can sometimes feel anxiety-provoking, books for children often end on a…

  • Hawai’i’s Solution to an Earth at Risk

    I was already worried before I heard Dr. Charles (Chip) Fletcher’s talk in a Terra.do newsletter. From everything I’ve been studying in my fellowship with Climatebase and my class with edX, I knew things were grim. But hearing Dr. Fletcher shares this information added another horrific layer. Here are a few notable facts from his…

  • We’re in a Polycrisis. Here’s What You Need to Know.

    We’re bombarded by the news 24/7 and yet, there’s something going under the radar unless you’re tuned in. We’re in a polycrisis. Recently, I watched this video from Dr. Charles (Chip) Fletcher, climate scientist and geologist from the University of Hawaii. In it, he discusses his April 2024 paper with PNAS Nexus, a scientific journal…

  • How Sustainable Coastlines is Making a Difference to Hawai’i

    If you’ve lived in Hawai’i for a while, it’s likely you’ve seen them at a beach or on maybe on Instagram. Sustainable Coastlines is everywhere and has been around since 2010. What started as a casual meetup with friends launched into a nonprofit organization with a mission to care for our coastlines.  Rafael Bergstrom is…

  • Climate Book Club: Author Brian Belefant

    Brian Belefant was a successful copywriter when his conscious made him stop marketing stuff for a living. From a well of guilt and self-contemplation, grew The Sultan of Garbage a novel about a photographer who explores the Great Pacific Garbage Patch with his girlfriend. The Gods Must Be Crazy Belefant who is also a photographer…

  • Book Club for the Earth: Eternal Summer

    I received Franziska Gansler’s Eternal Summer months ago and it’s taken me this long to read and put into words what I think is a brilliant classic novel. It had me hanging on every word with the flavor of Toni Morrison’s Baby and the closeness to character I felt reading J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye.  Eternal…