🌺 April at OCEH! We’ve got a webinar, a lunch seminar & our first-ever book launch coming up: 📅 24.04 – Holly Watkins 📅 28.04 – Oscar Hartmann Davies 📅 30.04 – Digital Ecologies launch More info 👉 shorturl.at/WWrXq #EnvironmentalHumanities #April

🌿🏡 Can buildings be alive? At yesterday's lunch seminar, Anna-Katharina Laboissière explored mycelium walls, engineered lichen & bio-architecture - rethinking homes as living, self-repairing, adaptable spaces. Thanks to all who joined! More OCEH events: shorturl.at/xbdoA

🐠 Honored to host author, free diver & spearfisher Ting J. Yiu for OCEH’s first 2025 lunch seminar! In Hunting in a Sea of Ghosts, she explored eels, pirate queens & her own diasporic history - from Hong Kong to Aotearoa to Norway’s fjords 🌊✨ For more👉 hainamana.com/gutting/

Yesterday’s "Academic Toolkit - How to Write a PhD Proposal" event was a great success! Engaged discussions, valuable expert feedback and exciting research ideas made it a truly insightful session. Best of luck to all future applicants - we hope the tips help! 🎓✨ #PhDProposal

📖 Did you know nature has always inspired art and stories? From Walden to climate fiction, eco-literature: 🎨 Reimagines what’s possible 🌱 Brings us closer to nature 📢 Sounds the alarm on crises Creative works can inspire change🌍 What’s your favorite? tinyurl.com/3arw54uh

🌊 Coral reefs cover <1% of the ocean but support >25% of marine life! They: 🐟 Provide food 🌴 Boost tourism 💊 Hold medical potential Under threat from climate change & pollution, but we can help - reduce runoff & protect reefs! Learn more: tinyurl.com/3mbjh3m9 #CoralReefs

🎄✨Season's Greetings from OCEH! ✨🎄 Thank you for being part of our 2024 journey - the year we officially opened our lab and hosted our first events. Here’s to a bright 2025, full of new insights in environmental humanities! 🌍 Happy Holidays & a joyful New Year!

Last week, we wrapped up our autumn lunch seminars with a great talk by Rebekah Ciribassi on containment practices in Rufiji, Tanzania. Thanks for the insights & discussion! Learn about the Epidemic Traces project: tinyurl.com/hcc6hf9z Who should we invite for spring? 👇

🎄 Join us for the final OCEH SOCIAL of 2024! Celebrate the season with gløgg, pepperkaker & good company. Open to all - bring friends, family, & holiday cheer. 🎉 Details here: tinyurl.com/tn49ca65 #OCEHSocial

🌍📚 Kindwitwi, Tanzania: a leprosy isolation camp turned farming town. Explore how cashew trees & sesame fields tell a story of containment, resilience, and transformation. Join Rebekah Ciribassi for this fascinating talk! 👉tinyurl.com/5er7ah2f