Ayush Dhungel

🌱 Climate & sustainability researcher | 👨‍👦 Navigating parenthood, ⚽ following sports, 🌍 wandering near and far | ✍️ Personal reflections & stories

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Why does it always need a Tom & Jerry soundtrack when his friend comes over? 🎬🐁🐈

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While most visit China's megacities, tucked away is Hongyuan County, a winter wonderland ❄️🇨🇳

I was amazed cruising this small gem where local charm meets spotless roads & modern convenience🚦✨

Have you explored small towns in China & been impressed by the infrastructure? 👇

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Even a local monkey at Shivapuri Baba Ashram knows how to save water💧

I captured this moment in the woods inside the ashram, where little miracles happen right in front of you 🪄

✨ On your next trip to Pashupatinath, take a little detour next door to experience this magic!

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🌳This forest is just 2 minutes from Lazimpat!

🗣️ Calling all Kathmandu parents: skip the indoor playgrounds. Right in the city, you get giant trees, morning sunbeams, cool sticks, and plenty of room to run wild.

Please bring your kids or share this with someone who has kids 🚸

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🪁 Who else noticed way more kites across the Kathmandu Valley this year? Such a pleasant surprise seeing kids out on the rooftops keeping the Dashain spirit soaring!

Down here by the pond, our little guy had a front row seat watching the older boys launch their kites 👀

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Rolling down the wet street like the "Little Boss" with an escort squad 😎

He is too young to remember this, but the magic of childhood play often shapes the adults we grow up to be 🌱

✨Let's give them puddles to splash, friends to walk beside and a childhood they truly enjoy!

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A look at the stark inequalities in per-capita carbon footprints across major economies 🌍

📉 From heavy footprints of major energy producers to long-term reductions achieved by historical industrial powerhouses, how will global climate strategies adapt?

What do you think?

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Don't take your toddler for a morning walk, because they will love it and would want to do it every day ☀️👣

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🔔 Temple bells are forged to create a lingering resonance that clears the mind. Adults need that reminder to slow down, while toddlers do it by instinct.

Passing down our roots doesn't require strict enforcement, but rather letting them discover the magic at their own pace ✨

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🇳🇵Renovated by King Pratap Malla in 1654 AD, Guheswori has no stone idol in the sanctum. Instead, devotees worship a sacred spring and a golden pot (कलश) representing the living womb of creation.

So put Guheswori on your list and share this so no pilgrimage is incomplete 🙏

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🕉️ Don't leave your pilgrimage incomplete !!

🇮🇳 My Indian friends often travel to Kathmandu to visit Pashupatinath, yet leave without knowing that Guheswori (गुहृयश्वरी), a powerful Shaktipeeth, awaits them just 1 km away 🚩

But why should we know about Guheswori? 🧵👇

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In Hindu culture, Shiva and Shakti are considered two halves of one whole. While Pashupati is Shiva, Guheswori is his divine consort, Shakti 🔥

Traditionally pilgrimage to Pashupati is incomplete without a short walk up to Guheswori.

Once up there, a surprise awaits 😯👇

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Our biggest mistake as parents? Thinking it's our job to teach them something every minute 🛑

Step back and pay attention 👀

If we are willing to see it, they are teaching us far more about life than we could teach them 💡

What's a lesson your child has unknowingly taught you?

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Climate justice means fairness for those who contributed least to the crisis 🌎⚖️

💪 As frontliners, complaining is not enough, so we do our part while urging giants to step up ⏫

Unified global action can only solve this, but until that happens let's keep raising our voices 🗣️

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A record breaking, very strong El Niño is peaking through late 2026 and early 2027 📈, hitting the Pacific basin, Americas, and Australia hardest 🌊🌍.

Understanding it helps us prepare for future extremes ⚡

Share this thread so more people are aware! 🚀✨

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🌪️ Ever wonder why global weather goes completely haywire some years? It often starts with a massive shift in the Pacific Ocean 🌊

Buckle up, because this phenomenon shapes our entire planet 🌎

What is El Niño, and why should we care? Read on 📖👇

Image: Pinterest

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Historically, the consequences have been massive: severe droughts in Australia 🇦🇺, heavy rains in South America 🌧️, and record-breaking global heatwaves 🔥

It deeply alters agriculture and economies worldwide 🌾📉

Are we heading into a major one soon? 🔜👇