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Suki Wessling
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Writer, The Babblery producer, teacher. https://linktr.ee/sukiwessling
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NEW on Women's International News Gathering Service (WINGS): www.radio4all.net/program/121232

In this interview, Shilpi Chhotray speaks about relationships with environmental activists around the world, with emphasis on minorities and indigenous people. @shilpichhotray.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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NEW Minibabble: How does motherhood change the direction of women's lives? Environmentalist Shilpi Chhotray on how her life took a professional and personal turn when she became a mother.
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Motherhood changes the environment
Environmentalist Shilpi Chhotray reflects on how motherhood changed her career trajectory and her personal life forever
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Yesterday's elections were a landslide... for democracy:
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November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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I publish a lot online, but there's nothing like the thrill of seeing a stack of magazines, picking it up, and finding my name in good, old-fashioned ink on paper! My piece about the value of creative writing will be on their website growingupsc.com soon, locals grab a copy at a library or cafe.
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Parent Workshop: Encouraging Healthy Writing Habits
Parents: Joine me to learn how much influence you can have on your student’s writing.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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NEW on Substack: A hot tub encounter leads to thoughts about how we direct our anger.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Juggling career and kids? Listen to Shilpi talk about how having children changed "everything":
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"Before I had kids, I was that person that was wearing 10 million hats and constantly burning myself out. I was very fulfilled by my career, but didn’t really have the capacity to have joy in my life. It was pretty detrimental to be operating in that way."
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Interested in education/parenting topics? Follow my other ego: @profsuki.bsky.social !
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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🌎 MONDAY 6 pm PT on The Babblery: “Finding Community in Environmental Justice”

Shilpi Chhotray is an environmentalist inspired by the social justice movement. Now launching a podcast with The Nation, sharing stories of environmental Justice

🎧 Listen on @babblery.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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NEW on Substack: Here's how I try to minimize single-use plastic in my life. How about you?
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One household against plastic
No virtue fatigue around here!
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October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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It's time to build community!
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"So much good work has been undone in the environmental justice movement, and also the environmental movement at large. My colleagues have lost jobs, lost years and years of bodies of work that have contributed to incredible research. I think really looking at each other and finding community is so important."
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Listen today: Finding Community in Environmental Justice with Shilpi Chhotray
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"I have massive concerns with the conservation movement as it is because they're leaving the people part out of it and to be extremely explicit, they're leaving the indigenous people out. You can't protect land from the people that have stewarded it from generations and expel them from it."
October 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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My complete lack of focus on one issue fully on display. Here's my teaching/education newsletter, including an upcoming FREE discussion for kids and my spring classes:
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News: Writing, Books, and Yum!
News, events, and classes
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October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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NEW on the Babblery: Shilpi Chhotray is a storyteller with a purpose. An environmentalist who found inspiration in the social justice movement, she is now embarking on a podcast to tell stories about environmental justice.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I see this over and over again, in my life and on media: young people seem to be suffering from virtue fatigue. But taking personal responsibility for a small part of humanity’s big problems shouldn't cause fatigue. It should energize us and those around us.

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Is personal responsibility passé?
In a world made of atoms, even a compostable fork is meaningful
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October 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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NEW on Substack: Questioning authority has morphed into unquestioning authoritarianism.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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This week: "Holding the Inner Flame: On Creativity" featured on Pacifica Sprouts!
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October 15, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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I am so excited to be working on the release of my new middle grade novel, How to Make Magic Real. Subscribe to KidsLearn for notifications: kidslearn.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Once a month I’m taking a walk around my Substack universe and sharing some good pieces with my readers. This issue has Paul Crenshaw, Ted Gioia, Celeste Davis, Y.L. Wolfe, and a writer new to me but a new fave, Mike Underell - amongst others.
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Visiting my neighbors in the stack
Taking a break from politics
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October 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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NEW on Substack: Do you have a scrappy little local community media outlet? Now’s the time to support freedom of speech, local news, and community-building.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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NEW on KidsLearn: When a child could go in many directions, which direction should parents support?
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What future do we see for our 2e kids?
When parents follow their child's definition of success
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October 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I'm excited to be working on the upcoming episode of The Babblery, an interview with environmentalist @shilpichhotray.bsky.social, whose new podcast through @thenation.com has just been released. Subscribe on Substack for notifications and related writing/mini-episodes: babblery.substack.com.
October 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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NEW on Substack: The Web was the greatest communication tool ever invented... until it wasn't.
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Ensh*ttification complete
A stroll through our worldwide outhouse
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October 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Americans gather reams of education data, and it's useful. But on the ground in the classroom, we need to let the data fall away and teach the children who show up.
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October 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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NEW Minibabble: Mansplaining is certainly annoying, but how does it and other male dominant behaviors stifle women's free speech?
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September 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM