Prachi Shevgaonkar

Prachi Shevgaonkar is a media professional, climate activist, and founder of an application designed for climate action named 'Cool The Globe'.

Early life
Prachi was born and brought up in Pune. She is a media graduate with majors in advertising from Symbiosis Centre of Mass Communication, Pune. The idea of doing something around climate change originated while she was pursuing her graduation and realized that being one of the biggest concerns around the globe today. Her field observation and volunteer work with organizations like Hasiru Dala (Bengaluru) and Abhinav Farmers Club (Pune) has helped her to forge ahead in the direction of developing an application named "Cool the Globe". Prachi has also conducted research and presented papers on 'The role of behavioral change theories in battling anthropogenic climate change.'

Cool the Globe
'Cool The Globe' app is a tracker for one's greenhouse gas emissions. It tracks emissions of user's daily actions, and provides guidance on minimizing them. It shows real time savings made by all users worldwide. Users can save monthly and yearly targets for reducing their emissions.

Achievements

 * Hindu BusinessLine Changemaker Awards 2022: Climate Action Warrior presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama
 * COP27 Young Scholar Award
 * G20: Role of Women as Changemakers in Climate Resilience Action
 * Featured in Google India campaign: #BolneSeSabHoga
 * Women-20 Inception Meet
 * IAA Olive Crown Awards 2021: Young Green Crusader Of The Year
 * Taru Lalvani Award for Environment Protection by Rotary Club of Bombay
 * Invited for CEO Delegation to Dubai Expo through International Advertising Association with media stalwarts and leaders
 * TEDx speaker: "Why I don't care about climate change, but...."
 * Sakal featured Prachi Shevgaonkar in an informational news video
 * Lokmat featured Prachi Shevgaonkar in an informational news video
 * SMX CSR Leadership Summit & Awards 2023
 * Lokshahi News covered Prachi in a news bite