Dekila Chungyalpa (བདེ་དཀྱིལ་)
@dchungyalpa.bsky.social
Env strategist, bridge builder, ecofeminist, Himalayan. Working on inner + community + planetary resilience w/ faith & Indigenous leaders on environmental & climate efforts at @LokaInitiative, UW-Madison. Personal account - views are my own. She/ her.
Ready to dissociate fr US politics. Any. time. now. brain.
October 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Ready to dissociate fr US politics. Any. time. now. brain.
As a Buddhist, I believe that the nature of reality is non-dual and also, if they're against people protesting fascism, they’re on the side of you know what. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
October 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
As a Buddhist, I believe that the nature of reality is non-dual and also, if they're against people protesting fascism, they’re on the side of you know what. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As ICE activity ramps up in Madison, I want to give a shout out to the Community Immigration Law Center: CILC, which provides free legal help to people facing deportation in Madison, WI. If you’re frustrated and looking for ways to help, I’m a proud supporter! www.cilcmadison.org!
October 9, 2025 at 1:15 AM
As ICE activity ramps up in Madison, I want to give a shout out to the Community Immigration Law Center: CILC, which provides free legal help to people facing deportation in Madison, WI. If you’re frustrated and looking for ways to help, I’m a proud supporter! www.cilcmadison.org!
Over 1.5 yrs ago, Pasang Yangjee Sherpa invited me to UBC, and Mabel Gergan, and Dolly Kikon, began talking about the question of Indigeneity and belonging in Nepal and Northeast India, and whether and how that frames our work. Fast forward 18 months and here we are! October 22nd, Madison, WI.
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Over 1.5 yrs ago, Pasang Yangjee Sherpa invited me to UBC, and Mabel Gergan, and Dolly Kikon, began talking about the question of Indigeneity and belonging in Nepal and Northeast India, and whether and how that frames our work. Fast forward 18 months and here we are! October 22nd, Madison, WI.
My 2nd most favorite thing about working in field conservation in the late 90s and early 2000s was that everyone expected a 2-week lag in email replies and communications. IT WAS UNDERSTOOD that you were in the forest no matter where you actually were. (Baby elephants were the 1st obviously.)
September 29, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My 2nd most favorite thing about working in field conservation in the late 90s and early 2000s was that everyone expected a 2-week lag in email replies and communications. IT WAS UNDERSTOOD that you were in the forest no matter where you actually were. (Baby elephants were the 1st obviously.)
The highlight of my #Climateweek was hanging out with neustras hermana más amada, Nemonte Nequimo, who has served tirelessly to defend Indigenous rights to land,
life and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest. Please check out her and Mitch’s work here: amazonfrontlines.org! 🙏
life and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest. Please check out her and Mitch’s work here: amazonfrontlines.org! 🙏
September 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The highlight of my #Climateweek was hanging out with neustras hermana más amada, Nemonte Nequimo, who has served tirelessly to defend Indigenous rights to land,
life and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest. Please check out her and Mitch’s work here: amazonfrontlines.org! 🙏
life and cultural survival in the Amazon rainforest. Please check out her and Mitch’s work here: amazonfrontlines.org! 🙏
Thanks to beloved collaborators, Gery Paredes Vasquez & Libby Tucci, I get to be in conversation with Gery and Robin Wall Kimmerer as part of the opening keynote on September 25 for this year's YWCA Racial Justice Summit! Woot! Registration ends today! www.ywcamadison-racialjusticesummit.org/tickets
September 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Thanks to beloved collaborators, Gery Paredes Vasquez & Libby Tucci, I get to be in conversation with Gery and Robin Wall Kimmerer as part of the opening keynote on September 25 for this year's YWCA Racial Justice Summit! Woot! Registration ends today! www.ywcamadison-racialjusticesummit.org/tickets
New week and I already need a timeline cleanse! Here’s Friday’s and today’s haul from the garden. (Just a woman standing in front of the internet asking that we pretend for one moment that the world is not on fire.)
August 18, 2025 at 5:29 PM
New week and I already need a timeline cleanse! Here’s Friday’s and today’s haul from the garden. (Just a woman standing in front of the internet asking that we pretend for one moment that the world is not on fire.)
Here’s the line-up (Central Eu Time)
August 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Here’s the line-up (Central Eu Time)
The wild onion are taking over the lawn, re-indigenizing an alien deathscape with beauty and tenacity. I murmur encouragement when I can since there’s only so much re-wilding I can actively nurture in the yard and I’m stretched so thin these days.
August 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The wild onion are taking over the lawn, re-indigenizing an alien deathscape with beauty and tenacity. I murmur encouragement when I can since there’s only so much re-wilding I can actively nurture in the yard and I’m stretched so thin these days.
Imagine that for a minute. A kaleidoscope of butterflies! An optical instrument, which mirrors pre-designed symmetry to create constantly changing patterns. We could be that kaleidoscope too - WE are the change. The world is full of possibilities. Never give up.
July 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Imagine that for a minute. A kaleidoscope of butterflies! An optical instrument, which mirrors pre-designed symmetry to create constantly changing patterns. We could be that kaleidoscope too - WE are the change. The world is full of possibilities. Never give up.
We feel suffocated by the knowledge that Life is being erased before our very eyes and we’re forced to be complicit as an audience to it all. But, did you know that a group of butterflies is sometimes called a kaleidoscope?
July 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We feel suffocated by the knowledge that Life is being erased before our very eyes and we’re forced to be complicit as an audience to it all. But, did you know that a group of butterflies is sometimes called a kaleidoscope?
There is no avoiding this grief really, whether it is about butterflies, Palestine, Palchung (a Tibetan singer who has been abducted by PRC for singing about HHDL), or people being dragged into unmarked vans in the US.
July 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
There is no avoiding this grief really, whether it is about butterflies, Palestine, Palchung (a Tibetan singer who has been abducted by PRC for singing about HHDL), or people being dragged into unmarked vans in the US.
Timeline cleanse with a back then vs now update:
July 30, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Timeline cleanse with a back then vs now update:
We are dandelion seeds, millions of us dispersed in the wind, uncontainable tufts of information and energy. We evolved to survive forces that want to eradicate us. We learned to adapt to new ecologies by being beneficial.
June 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We are dandelion seeds, millions of us dispersed in the wind, uncontainable tufts of information and energy. We evolved to survive forces that want to eradicate us. We learned to adapt to new ecologies by being beneficial.
Mind cleanse.
May 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Mind cleanse.
How many of us are waiting?
May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
How many of us are waiting?
So much of what is harming us at a grand scale begins with hyper-individualism, which promotes self-interest over collective wellbeing. This worldview & its laser-like focus on individual rights over community needs is how & why we have made so little progress on basic humans rights in this country.
May 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
So much of what is harming us at a grand scale begins with hyper-individualism, which promotes self-interest over collective wellbeing. This worldview & its laser-like focus on individual rights over community needs is how & why we have made so little progress on basic humans rights in this country.
One of my favorite outcomes in the process of writing this paper is Pilar's representation of kincentric ecology and relational accountability with non-human beings and the natural world through a woodland floral design, drawing from her Menominee culture.
April 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
One of my favorite outcomes in the process of writing this paper is Pilar's representation of kincentric ecology and relational accountability with non-human beings and the natural world through a woodland floral design, drawing from her Menominee culture.
Darth, Rewa would like to be reified!
April 22, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Darth, Rewa would like to be reified!
Putting my money into my mouth (I believe that’s the correct saying?), I prioritized my mental wellbeing today! Who else has started their seeds?? I wanna see! 🌱🌱🌱
April 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Putting my money into my mouth (I believe that’s the correct saying?), I prioritized my mental wellbeing today! Who else has started their seeds?? I wanna see! 🌱🌱🌱
All the medals.
April 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
All the medals.
