📚🌍 Meet our 2025 True Blue Fellow, Sophie Kim, and her heartfelt project, Stella & the Starlight Solution—plus more inspiring children’s books on the way! 🌟💬 At just 16, Sophie is tackling one of the quietest yet most pressing issues in the climate conversation: eco-anxiety among young children. Through her beautifully written book, Stella & the Starlight Solution, Sophie offers young readers a gentle, story-driven way to understand their environmental fears—without the barriers or stigma of traditional therapy. But her impact doesn’t stop on the page. With a companion photography and soundbites contest, Sophie invites children and families to reconnect with the beauty of the natural world—one birdsong, breeze, or photo at a time. It’s a creative call to pause, observe, and find calm amid the climate crisis. As a True Blue Fellow, Sophie receives mentorship and support to turn big feelings into brave stories—and to help a generation of young minds find hope, healing, and their voice in nature. Explore more at bowseat.org/true-blue-fellowship 💙 #TrueBlueFellow #StellaAndTheStarlightSolution #EcoAnxietySupport #YouthClimateStories #NatureHeals #ClimateHope #BooksForABlueFuture (fb)

After the overwhelming success and incredible support for the last cohort of the True Blue Fellowship, Bow Seat is excited to announce that applications for yet another cohort will be opening in less than a week — on June 1st! The True Blue Fellowship, an evolution of the Fellowship Grant Program, offers youth ages 13 to 24 the chance to receive up to $2,500 USD in funding, peer mentorship, and capacity-building support to bring their ocean, waterway, and climate projects to life, with creative arts at the core of their impact. A key shift from the earlier program is that the arts must now be the primary method of awareness and/or action. Led by Bow Seat’s dynamic alumni team, the Future Blue Youth Council (FBYC), the Fellowship continues to empower young changemakers who are passionate about shaping a sustainable, just, and vibrant future for our blue planet. Applications officially open on June 1st at 9:00am EST If you’re ready to make waves in your community through creativity and purpose, this is your moment. Learn more: www.bit.ly/TrueBlueFellowship #TrueBlue #TrueBlueFellows #TrueBlueFellowship #Grant #Grants #GrantsAvailable #SeedFunding #YoungPeople #Youth #Teens #Water #EnvironmentalConservation #Ocean #Art #Artivism #Funding #Fellowship #YouthOpportunity (fb)