Finally made it along to ‘More-than-human’ at the Design Museum with @riverreflections.bsky.social. A really vibrant & engaging exhibition about learning from and designing with other beings — it’s very cool & heartening to see this thinking reaching wider audiences 🦋

A big week continued with Fran Mahon’s brilliant ‘Flooded Memories’ exhibition, exploring river agency. In a space overlooking the River Ouse, he illuminated the ability of Rivers Ouse and Foss to effect change — reshaping local architectures, histories and memory @hgcresearchcentre.bsky.social

Loved roaming Yorkshire Arboretum & Bog Hall last week for the LCAB field trip. Mushroom season is in full swing! @anthropocenebio.bsky.social

Lou & I are continuing our nature journaling practices to pay deep attention to local natures and shifting seasons — highly recommend for anyone who likes to scribble

Had a great week in Mons for the Society of Human Ecology conference — lots on relational thinking, rights of nature, emotions & affects. Cherry on top was winning the Richard J Borden award for my poster, ‘Experiences of outdoor swimming’

Grateful for the opportunity to share my ongoing PhD research at the end of May - as part of a panel on biodiversity & wellbeing @anthropocenebio.bsky.social 🌊

To continue the watery theme, it was a real treat to have
@amyjanebeer.bsky.social visit @anthropocenebio.bsky.social last week to share her wisdom 🔮 on writing well and on engaging with audiences beyond the specialist. Unsurprisingly this was very well received by our research group!

Powerful evening with @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social & @amyjanebeer.bsky.social in Leeds, on the urgent need to remember that life is lived in relation, and to reimagine rivers as life sources rather than resources. 'Our fate flows with that of rivers and always has' 🌊

Degrowth is not about reducing all production, but reducing the ‘damaging and unnecessary forms that exist to service elite accumulation’ and needs to be accompanied by universal public services - @jasonhickel.bsky.social to a packed lecture hall in Sheffield last night

Huge thanks to @livingmaps.bsky.social for a great conference last week. Particularly inspired by the design-led projects and artworks, including Claire Reddleman’s #GinkgosoftheBritishIsles, and by trying my hand at my first more-than-human map

Ridiculously pleased to have my fieldwork underway 🌊 will be swimming my way through Yorkshire until the summer

Happy spring equinox! 🌸 launched into the new season with a sunrise dip

Lichen studies on campus. Really fascinating life forms