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===Environmental activism=== In 2004, Freeman helped form the Grenada Relief Fund to aid people affected by [[Hurricane Ivan]] on the island of [[Grenada]]. The fund has since become PLANIT NOW, an organization that seeks to provide preparedness resources for people living in areas affected by hurricanes and severe storms.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.planitnow.org/explore01.php| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080508190505/http://www.planitnow.org/explore01.php| archive-date= May 8, 2008 |title=PLANIT NOW History |access-date =August 21, 2008}}</ref> In 2014, he narrated a clip titled ''What's Possible'' which had its debut at the United Nations [[2014 UN Climate Summit|climate summit]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yeo|first=Sophie|date=September 18, 2014|title=Morgan Freeman narrates UN climate summit film|url=https://www.climatechangenews.com/2014/09/18/morgan-freeman-narrates-un-climate-summit-film/|access-date=August 1, 2020|website=Climate Home News|language=en|archive-date=March 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320142903/https://www.climatechangenews.com/2014/09/18/morgan-freeman-narrates-un-climate-summit-film/|url-status=live}}</ref> Freeman has donated to the Mississippi Horse Park in [[Starkville, Mississippi]], part of [[Mississippi State University]] and Freeman has several horses that he takes there.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.msstate.edu/web/maps/pdf/MissStateCampusMap.pdf| title= Mississippi State Campus Map| access-date= August 5, 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080912181549/http://www.msstate.edu/web/maps/pdf/MissStateCampusMap.pdf| archive-date= September 12, 2008| url-status= dead}}</ref> After learning about the [[Colony collapse disorder|decline of honeybees]], Freeman decided to turn his 124-acre ranch into a bee sanctuary in July 2014 beginning with 26 beehives.<ref>{{cite web|last=d'Estries|first=Michael|date=July 25, 2014|title=Morgan Freeman is now a beekeeper|url=http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/morgan-freeman-is-now-a-beekeeper|website=MSN|access-date=September 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002090931/http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/morgan-freeman-is-now-a-beekeeper|archive-date=October 2, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Freeman is a supporter of [[Oceana (non-profit group)|Oceana]] and [[ocean conservation]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Dumas|first=Michael|title=Morgan Freeman, Ted Danson support post-oil spill Gulf impact expedition|date=August 24, 2010|website=[[AL.com]]|url=https://www.al.com/live/2010/08/morgan_freeman_ted_danson_oil_spill.html|accessdate=March 7, 2025}}</ref>
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