Elsa Devienne
@elsadevienne.bsky.social
Historian | Made in 🇫🇷 Lives in 🇬🇧 Writes about 🇺🇲 | Envtal Justice, Beaches, Cities, Plastics | 📘 SAND RUSH: THE REVIVAL OF THE BEACH IN 20TH-CENTURY LA 🏖️ | 🚲 +🚶🏻♂️ advocate | Here for work but also random stuff
When your mum is proper old school but there's a cake to bake
November 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
When your mum is proper old school but there's a cake to bake
Revising for my life in the UK test while reading the news is peak cognitive dissonance 😵💫
October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Revising for my life in the UK test while reading the news is peak cognitive dissonance 😵💫
I think I can now start calling myself a historian of the American West without feeling like an impostor 😅🥳
October 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I think I can now start calling myself a historian of the American West without feeling like an impostor 😅🥳
Today's workday starts with counting crabs with UCLA marine biology students! 🦀🌞
October 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Today's workday starts with counting crabs with UCLA marine biology students! 🦀🌞
Work setup for a day
October 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Work setup for a day
Yes they do have cool lockers like in the tv shows 🤩
October 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Yes they do have cool lockers like in the tv shows 🤩
Hello from Los Angeles 🌞 where I'm giving a talk about SAND RUSH to Marlborough highschool students.
Bumped into this poster which seemed apt.
Bumped into this poster which seemed apt.
October 6, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Hello from Los Angeles 🌞 where I'm giving a talk about SAND RUSH to Marlborough highschool students.
Bumped into this poster which seemed apt.
Bumped into this poster which seemed apt.
Dear @tpexpress.bsky.social, I get that you needed to update the website but why is it SO hard to amend tickets for the same journey now?? I need to re-book and ask for a refund now. It used to be SO easy. It's such a faff that I gave up instead of spending lots of money on a ticket change.
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Dear @tpexpress.bsky.social, I get that you needed to update the website but why is it SO hard to amend tickets for the same journey now?? I need to re-book and ask for a refund now. It used to be SO easy. It's such a faff that I gave up instead of spending lots of money on a ticket change.
👩 Meet Linda Maraniss
⭐ In 1986, she visited Padre Island National Seashore, in Texas.
🏖️ She expected a beach.
🤢 She found a landfill.
▶️ Listen to ep 2 of our "Early Heroines of Plastic Pollution" series to find out what happened afterwards
tinyurl.com/4xsvnbv3
#InternationalCoastalCleanup
⭐ In 1986, she visited Padre Island National Seashore, in Texas.
🏖️ She expected a beach.
🤢 She found a landfill.
▶️ Listen to ep 2 of our "Early Heroines of Plastic Pollution" series to find out what happened afterwards
tinyurl.com/4xsvnbv3
#InternationalCoastalCleanup
September 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
👩 Meet Linda Maraniss
⭐ In 1986, she visited Padre Island National Seashore, in Texas.
🏖️ She expected a beach.
🤢 She found a landfill.
▶️ Listen to ep 2 of our "Early Heroines of Plastic Pollution" series to find out what happened afterwards
tinyurl.com/4xsvnbv3
#InternationalCoastalCleanup
⭐ In 1986, she visited Padre Island National Seashore, in Texas.
🏖️ She expected a beach.
🤢 She found a landfill.
▶️ Listen to ep 2 of our "Early Heroines of Plastic Pollution" series to find out what happened afterwards
tinyurl.com/4xsvnbv3
#InternationalCoastalCleanup
❓Guess one of the most common things volunteers found on Texas beaches in 1986 during the first #InternationalCoastalCleanup?
It wasn't coffee cups or plastic utensils but salt fishing bags!
Learn more this Friday when we release *PART 2* of our episode on cleanups with @anjakrieger.bsky.social
It wasn't coffee cups or plastic utensils but salt fishing bags!
Learn more this Friday when we release *PART 2* of our episode on cleanups with @anjakrieger.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
❓Guess one of the most common things volunteers found on Texas beaches in 1986 during the first #InternationalCoastalCleanup?
It wasn't coffee cups or plastic utensils but salt fishing bags!
Learn more this Friday when we release *PART 2* of our episode on cleanups with @anjakrieger.bsky.social
It wasn't coffee cups or plastic utensils but salt fishing bags!
Learn more this Friday when we release *PART 2* of our episode on cleanups with @anjakrieger.bsky.social
When your favorite podcast features the episode you've worked on 😍
soundcloud.com/plastisphere...
soundcloud.com/plastisphere...
September 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
When your favorite podcast features the episode you've worked on 😍
soundcloud.com/plastisphere...
soundcloud.com/plastisphere...
This episode comes out just as @oceanconservancy.org is holding the 40th #InternationalCoastalCleanup in a little more than a week 🙌
Find out about how Judie Neilson, the godmother of the citizen science cleanup movement, moved heaven and earth to bring the spotlight on ocean plastic pollution 🥤🏖️
Find out about how Judie Neilson, the godmother of the citizen science cleanup movement, moved heaven and earth to bring the spotlight on ocean plastic pollution 🥤🏖️
September 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This episode comes out just as @oceanconservancy.org is holding the 40th #InternationalCoastalCleanup in a little more than a week 🙌
Find out about how Judie Neilson, the godmother of the citizen science cleanup movement, moved heaven and earth to bring the spotlight on ocean plastic pollution 🥤🏖️
Find out about how Judie Neilson, the godmother of the citizen science cleanup movement, moved heaven and earth to bring the spotlight on ocean plastic pollution 🥤🏖️
Who's this little man?
That's the scuba diver toy that Judie Neilson found over 40 years ago during the first citizen science cleanup.
In this Plastisphere episode, @anjakrieger.bsky.social & I tell the story one of the early heroines of plastic pollution!
on.soundcloud.com/nAoXkGXDAri2...
That's the scuba diver toy that Judie Neilson found over 40 years ago during the first citizen science cleanup.
In this Plastisphere episode, @anjakrieger.bsky.social & I tell the story one of the early heroines of plastic pollution!
on.soundcloud.com/nAoXkGXDAri2...
September 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Who's this little man?
That's the scuba diver toy that Judie Neilson found over 40 years ago during the first citizen science cleanup.
In this Plastisphere episode, @anjakrieger.bsky.social & I tell the story one of the early heroines of plastic pollution!
on.soundcloud.com/nAoXkGXDAri2...
That's the scuba diver toy that Judie Neilson found over 40 years ago during the first citizen science cleanup.
In this Plastisphere episode, @anjakrieger.bsky.social & I tell the story one of the early heroines of plastic pollution!
on.soundcloud.com/nAoXkGXDAri2...
For the audio 🎧 nerds out there, this week @anjakrieger.bsky.social and I are releasing our first co-produced audio piece on the history of beach cleanups and ocean plastic pollution 🐬🥤
The second episode is under production and Anja sent me this cool pic of the s̶a̶u̶s̶a̶g̶e̶ magic being made!
#envhist
The second episode is under production and Anja sent me this cool pic of the s̶a̶u̶s̶a̶g̶e̶ magic being made!
#envhist
September 8, 2025 at 9:53 AM
For the audio 🎧 nerds out there, this week @anjakrieger.bsky.social and I are releasing our first co-produced audio piece on the history of beach cleanups and ocean plastic pollution 🐬🥤
The second episode is under production and Anja sent me this cool pic of the s̶a̶u̶s̶a̶g̶e̶ magic being made!
#envhist
The second episode is under production and Anja sent me this cool pic of the s̶a̶u̶s̶a̶g̶e̶ magic being made!
#envhist
Today is a good work day 😀
🤓 Worked with @anjakrieger.bsky.social, creator of The Plastisphere podcast on 2 episodes on the history of beach cleanups and ocean plastic pollution 🐠🥤
🎙️ Listen below to a SNEAK PEAK!
📅 Ep. 1 is released next week
📖 Read my Enviro Hist article for background research
🤓 Worked with @anjakrieger.bsky.social, creator of The Plastisphere podcast on 2 episodes on the history of beach cleanups and ocean plastic pollution 🐠🥤
🎙️ Listen below to a SNEAK PEAK!
📅 Ep. 1 is released next week
📖 Read my Enviro Hist article for background research
September 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Today is a good work day 😀
🤓 Worked with @anjakrieger.bsky.social, creator of The Plastisphere podcast on 2 episodes on the history of beach cleanups and ocean plastic pollution 🐠🥤
🎙️ Listen below to a SNEAK PEAK!
📅 Ep. 1 is released next week
📖 Read my Enviro Hist article for background research
🤓 Worked with @anjakrieger.bsky.social, creator of The Plastisphere podcast on 2 episodes on the history of beach cleanups and ocean plastic pollution 🐠🥤
🎙️ Listen below to a SNEAK PEAK!
📅 Ep. 1 is released next week
📖 Read my Enviro Hist article for background research
"I'm a Walk 'N' Roll Star" 👟💪🏻😍
Some cool slogans and goodies from Walk Ride Greater Manchester
#ActiveTravel @johnmunro.bsky.social
Some cool slogans and goodies from Walk Ride Greater Manchester
#ActiveTravel @johnmunro.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"I'm a Walk 'N' Roll Star" 👟💪🏻😍
Some cool slogans and goodies from Walk Ride Greater Manchester
#ActiveTravel @johnmunro.bsky.social
Some cool slogans and goodies from Walk Ride Greater Manchester
#ActiveTravel @johnmunro.bsky.social
There was actually an alternative polar bear swim slightly earlier that day (because of the CRR meeting scheduled at the same time as the swim) and it was so much FUN!! @emilie-pasquier.bsky.social
Thank you for finding the perfect spot for a swim in Uppsala Marianna :-)
Thank you for finding the perfect spot for a swim in Uppsala Marianna :-)
August 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
There was actually an alternative polar bear swim slightly earlier that day (because of the CRR meeting scheduled at the same time as the swim) and it was so much FUN!! @emilie-pasquier.bsky.social
Thank you for finding the perfect spot for a swim in Uppsala Marianna :-)
Thank you for finding the perfect spot for a swim in Uppsala Marianna :-)
So proud of the french ECR and PhD contingent at #eseh2015. They gave amazing papers + brought tons of energy & enthusiasm to the conference.
Huge congrats to Etienne Dufour for the best dissertation prize for his phd on the disruption of biogeochemical cycles in Paris & the end of recycling
Huge congrats to Etienne Dufour for the best dissertation prize for his phd on the disruption of biogeochemical cycles in Paris & the end of recycling
August 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
So proud of the french ECR and PhD contingent at #eseh2015. They gave amazing papers + brought tons of energy & enthusiasm to the conference.
Huge congrats to Etienne Dufour for the best dissertation prize for his phd on the disruption of biogeochemical cycles in Paris & the end of recycling
Huge congrats to Etienne Dufour for the best dissertation prize for his phd on the disruption of biogeochemical cycles in Paris & the end of recycling
Amazing papers at the first panel on environmental histories of plastics at #eseh2025
Watch this space for future publications on the topic!
@luciletruffy.bsky.social @charlotte-leib.bsky.social
Watch this space for future publications on the topic!
@luciletruffy.bsky.social @charlotte-leib.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Amazing papers at the first panel on environmental histories of plastics at #eseh2025
Watch this space for future publications on the topic!
@luciletruffy.bsky.social @charlotte-leib.bsky.social
Watch this space for future publications on the topic!
@luciletruffy.bsky.social @charlotte-leib.bsky.social
4. Stockholm - Uppsala 🚄
Made it in one piece 🧩 woohoo!
Good omen to have found a bike sculpture on way to the hotel.
Don't know who this lil' dancing couple is but found them v endearing.
See you all at #eseh2025 !
Made it in one piece 🧩 woohoo!
Good omen to have found a bike sculpture on way to the hotel.
Don't know who this lil' dancing couple is but found them v endearing.
See you all at #eseh2025 !
August 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
4. Stockholm - Uppsala 🚄
Made it in one piece 🧩 woohoo!
Good omen to have found a bike sculpture on way to the hotel.
Don't know who this lil' dancing couple is but found them v endearing.
See you all at #eseh2025 !
Made it in one piece 🧩 woohoo!
Good omen to have found a bike sculpture on way to the hotel.
Don't know who this lil' dancing couple is but found them v endearing.
See you all at #eseh2025 !
3. Hamburg - Stockholm 🚄
A Swedish-American lady told me on the platform that this train was notorious for being late and it didn't disappoint. We are two hours late but the company is lovely and the landscapes of pine forests and deep blue lakes very cheering after a short night.
Almost there 🤞🏻
A Swedish-American lady told me on the platform that this train was notorious for being late and it didn't disappoint. We are two hours late but the company is lovely and the landscapes of pine forests and deep blue lakes very cheering after a short night.
Almost there 🤞🏻
August 18, 2025 at 8:16 AM
3. Hamburg - Stockholm 🚄
A Swedish-American lady told me on the platform that this train was notorious for being late and it didn't disappoint. We are two hours late but the company is lovely and the landscapes of pine forests and deep blue lakes very cheering after a short night.
Almost there 🤞🏻
A Swedish-American lady told me on the platform that this train was notorious for being late and it didn't disappoint. We are two hours late but the company is lovely and the landscapes of pine forests and deep blue lakes very cheering after a short night.
Almost there 🤞🏻
I clearly got very lucky because both my trains were on time!
Which means getting to spend a bit of time in Hamburg. There are worse spots to wait for your night train to #ESEH2025...
Which means getting to spend a bit of time in Hamburg. There are worse spots to wait for your night train to #ESEH2025...
August 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I clearly got very lucky because both my trains were on time!
Which means getting to spend a bit of time in Hamburg. There are worse spots to wait for your night train to #ESEH2025...
Which means getting to spend a bit of time in Hamburg. There are worse spots to wait for your night train to #ESEH2025...
2. Karlsruhe-Hamburg 🚄
So far so good in terms of delays 🤞🏻 but only some of the train's doors opened so had to enter through a carriage other than my own.
ACDC fans had descended upon Karlsruhe even city buses were on it!
Would love to see in my lifetime as many bikes outside of a UK station
So far so good in terms of delays 🤞🏻 but only some of the train's doors opened so had to enter through a carriage other than my own.
ACDC fans had descended upon Karlsruhe even city buses were on it!
Would love to see in my lifetime as many bikes outside of a UK station
August 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
2. Karlsruhe-Hamburg 🚄
So far so good in terms of delays 🤞🏻 but only some of the train's doors opened so had to enter through a carriage other than my own.
ACDC fans had descended upon Karlsruhe even city buses were on it!
Would love to see in my lifetime as many bikes outside of a UK station
So far so good in terms of delays 🤞🏻 but only some of the train's doors opened so had to enter through a carriage other than my own.
ACDC fans had descended upon Karlsruhe even city buses were on it!
Would love to see in my lifetime as many bikes outside of a UK station
There are four women at the center of this article. I'm so excited to introduce these wonderful women and their stories to the world.
This is Judie for whom I have so much admiration ☺️
This is Judie for whom I have so much admiration ☺️
July 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
There are four women at the center of this article. I'm so excited to introduce these wonderful women and their stories to the world.
This is Judie for whom I have so much admiration ☺️
This is Judie for whom I have so much admiration ☺️
Proofs!!
My first publication on #Plastics, "Making Plastics Count: Citizen Science Beach Cleanups and the Ocean Plastic Pollution Crisis (1980s-2020s)", is coming out in September in Environmental History 🐬🌏
My first publication on #Plastics, "Making Plastics Count: Citizen Science Beach Cleanups and the Ocean Plastic Pollution Crisis (1980s-2020s)", is coming out in September in Environmental History 🐬🌏
July 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Proofs!!
My first publication on #Plastics, "Making Plastics Count: Citizen Science Beach Cleanups and the Ocean Plastic Pollution Crisis (1980s-2020s)", is coming out in September in Environmental History 🐬🌏
My first publication on #Plastics, "Making Plastics Count: Citizen Science Beach Cleanups and the Ocean Plastic Pollution Crisis (1980s-2020s)", is coming out in September in Environmental History 🐬🌏