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Helen O’Sullivan
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 PhD-er #SustainableFashion #Education https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Helen-Osullivan-3
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HE Lecturer (Critical Design Thinking & Fashion)
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Educator (Secondary, FE & LLL)
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Activist https://bsky.app/profile/sustfashwales.
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Helen O’Sullivan @hosphdmuses.bsky.social · Nov 14
Migrated from X & testing out BlueSky

I am a #PhD researcher exploring sustainable fashion education, my interests are:

📚 #EducationalResearch
🎓 #EnvironmentalEducation
👗 #SustainableFashion
🖍️ #SustainableDesign
💡 #CriticalPedagogy
🎨 #Creativity
🌍 #ESDGC
⚖️ #Equity & #Equality
✊ #SocialJustice
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
Today I will not be buying anything.

❌🛍️❌

Largely because of the message on this t-shirt I customised, inspired by the words of the incredible Caryn Franklin, but also because I have a bloody thesis to write!

Capitalism: I'm not buying it!
#NoBlackFriday
#GreenFriday
#GwenerGwyrdd
#CitizenFriday
November 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Reposted by Helen O’Sullivan
nation.cymru
A major new research project will delve into Wales’s long and often overlooked history of herbal medicine, shedding light on how people treated illness and maintained their health before the arrival of the NHS wp.me/p8Mk4U-198p
New project launched to uncover Wales’s forgotten herbal medicine traditions
A major new research project will delve into Wales’s long and often overlooked history of herbal medicine, shedding light on how people treated illness and maintained their health before the arrival o...
nation.cymru
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Reposted by Helen O’Sullivan
nation.cymru
If Wales is to be understood as a nation by people in England – and indeed respected as a nation – the school history books there must reflect the reality of these Isles from a shared perspective ✍️Stephen Price
Welsh history should be taught in England too
Stephen Price Earlier this year, I received a press release from an England-based charity that was, shall we say, a little insensitive about Wales. The charity that shall remain nameless contained a…
wp.me
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Reposted by Helen O’Sullivan
cjmurrumbeena.bsky.social
Here's my Ukraine Peace Plan.
1. Russia gets the fuck out of Ukraine, including Crimea.
2. Russia stays the fuck out of Ukraine, including Crimea.
3. Ukraine decides its own future.
4. Putin ends up in The Hague for war crimes
5. Trump ends up in The Hague for war crimes
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
🐔 Chickens
🧶 Crochet
🎵 @cerysmatthews.bsky.social
🌞 And a lovely dose of apricity

Sunday is shaping up rather nicely!
🫶

#SundayVibes
#WeekendMode
#DownTime
#Crochet
#CraftSky
#RescueHens
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
One more post about Seville...

The Spanish know how to close an education conference!

Muchas gracias @iated.bsky.social & #iCERi2025!

#AcademicSky #EduSky #Conference
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
🍻 Here’s a big “cheers” from me, about my new paper!

This time last week I had just presented my most recent research paper at the @iated.bsky.social #iCERi2025 conference and it’s now LIVE!

You can find it on this now on my Research Gate profile here:

www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Reposted by Helen O’Sullivan
louisehawxwell.bsky.social
@hosphdmuses.bsky.social thought you might be interested in this
openededinburgh.bsky.social Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 14d
Kind Clothing consists of 3 interactive sessions on Fast Fashion, the environment, and sustainability. Throughout the sessions there is an overarching project where the learners recycle a piece of clothing into a DIY drawstring bag.
#OER #WorldKindnessDay #EduSky
open.ed.ac.uk/kind-clothin...
Kind Clothing: Sustainable Fashion
Three interactive sessions on concepts of Fast Fashion, the environment & sustainability. Created for Girl Guides, also suitable for Level 2 and 3.
open.ed.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
Earlier this week I had the privilege of chairing a session at @iated.bsky.social #iCERi2025 in Seville on ‘Sustainability in Vocational and Higher Education,’ featuring diverse approaches to embedding sustainability in learning.

#SustainabilityEducation #Conference #AcademicSky #EduSky
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November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
I've not had much time to spend with these two for a few weeks so I'm making the most of today before I head off to my 2nd conference in 2 weeks!

🐔🥰🐔

They have marked the occasion with some excellent posing for the camera...

#RescueHens #ExBatteryHens #HenRetirement
@bhwt.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
They say the eyes are the window to the soul.

I'll just leave this one here...

Zohran Mamdani
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

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A screenshot of two US politicians profile photos from Wikipedia. The photos are placed side by side. The first photo is of Zohran Mamdani who has a wide and natural smile, who appears relaxed as he looks towards the camera with friendly eyes. The other, is of an old sinister looking man that is likely taken from a mobster / horror film promo poster circa 1984
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
My two favourite photos from my day in New York yesterday...
October 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
Day 1 @ Yale ✅️

I was honoured to present my research at the International Research Network on Sustainable Fashion Consumption Symposium at @yale.edu yesterday! Looking forward to all the other presentations today!

#SustainableFashion #Research #PhD #CriticalPedagogy #EduSky #PhDSky #Academic
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
Oh my, it's less than a week until I present at the International Research Network on Sustainable Fashion Consumption symposium at Yale University!

🔖 Full Programme: yaleedu-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/person...

Online Registration Here: lu.ma/mmkth5fc

See you there! 🙌
October 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
I'm giving this one final push for responses until #HalfTerm (w/c 27th Oct).

I'd like feedback from teachers who have & have not included #FastFashion in their curriculums.

If you know any #PrimarySchool #Teachers please share.

Thank you 🙏

#EduSky #TeacherSky #EducatorSky

tinyurl.com/59abr5bw
October 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
The programme for the #ICERI2025 conference is now live: iated.org/concrete3/se...

I will be presenting my paper exploring collaborative, critical & creative pedagogies during the “Sustainability in Vocational and Higher Education” session at 4pm (INFO)

#EduSky #PhD

More info in the comments 👇
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Reposted by Helen O’Sullivan
dieworkwear.bsky.social
the year is 2030. a doctor solemnly informs you that you have plastic in your testicles bc millions of people persuaded by celebrity marketing bought synthetic pubic hairs that were eventually consumed by fish that you ate
The Daily Beast writes: "Kim Kardashian's brand SKIMS has sold out its synthetic pubic hair thongs and is now accumulating a waitlist for the product." Their tweet is accompanied by a link to a post with the story.
October 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
I may have spent much of today working, but it involved fashion, maps and SDG's, so it's all good!

Did I create individual maps to break down each supply chain stage?

Yes, of course I did! 😆

#LecturerLife #FashionSupplyChain
#SDGs #SustainableDevelopmentGoals
#Cartophile #ILoveMaps 😅
October 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
I bet Trump is tamping today.
a man and a woman are sitting next to each other in a movie theater watching a movie .
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting next to each other in a movie theater watching a movie .
media.tenor.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
Honouring Jane Goodall this evening with a cocktail from my #FreeTheTipple book*.

We lost not just a great mind but a woman with determination & compassion. Thank you for everything you've done for conservation, animals & inspiring so many young girls!

*Each cocktail is.dedidated to iconic women ✊️
October 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
Reasons to not use Ticketmaster.
I successfully purchased my Tame Impala tickets 10 mins ago from the venue site. TM still has me in a queue with 7k people in front of me, and the venue site has no queue now.
October 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
The most perfect Sunday.

A blissful afternoon spent listening to @mchshe.bsky.social* & @laurenlaverne.bsky.social #DesertIslandDiscs

Plus lots of 🌞, 🌻 & 🧶

Just wonderful 🫶

*We need to protect this man at all costs! #NationalTreasure

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#Crochet #CraftSky #WelshHero
September 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
Yes!!!

My brother used to have several "poodys" each day when he was a teenager. Me and my cousin used to joke it's because he was eating too many "poody" eggs. Don't ask what that means though 😂

Welsh word from Race Across the World added to OED - BBC News share.google/s4nq4fj0DuKI...
Welsh word from Race Across the World added to OED - BBC News
Fin Gough and Sioned Cray's saying poody confused producers but is in the Oxford English Dictionary.
share.google
September 26, 2025 at 6:18 AM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
I had such a wonderful start & end to the work day:

🏋️‍♀️ A gym session & sunrise swim
🍃 Finished with a 3 mile wander through the woods

I wish I hadn't checked the news in between, because, WOW, it's been quite the day for the mad (🍊) toddler 🤯

Go touch some grass everyone - it helps 🌱
A photo of a sunrise through the silhouettes of trees and leave. The image is through a misted window due to the steam from a swimming pool. A photo of the sun peeking though a large tree and it's leaves. There is a slight lens flare and rays coming off the sun. Under this is a bath with lots of green bushes.
September 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
hosphdmuses.bsky.social
Got to make the most of the perks of working from home on a gorgeous sunny day!
🌞🌻😎

And a wifi booster in the campervan that is stronger than the home wifi, even when in the house! 🤷‍♀️

#WFH #SunshineMakesEverythingBetter
September 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM