Prachi Shevgaonkar
Prachi Shevgaonkar is a Media Professional, Climate Entrepreneur and Founder of an application designed for climate action named ‘Cool The Globe’ .[1]
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| Born | 17 February 1998 Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Indian |
| 🏫 Education | Mass Communication |
| 💼 Occupation | {{entrepreneur | environmentalist}} |
| 🏢 Organization | 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.[2] 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.’[3]
Cool the Globe
‘Cool The Globe’ app offers users a list of many actions rooted into their daily life, and allows them to track the greenhouse gas emissions they saved from doing those simple actions.[4][5] It shows real time savings made by all users worldwide. In this app, the users are have monthly & yearly targets for reducing their GHG emissions based on their consumption. Users can record savings of kg Co2 Eq of GHG emissions by their simple day to day climate actions and keep track of their progress.[3]
Achievements
- Hindu BusinessLine Changemaker Awards 2022: Climate Action Warrior presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharama[6][7][8]
- Featured in Google India campaign: #BolneSeSabHoga[9][10][11]
- IAA Olive Crown Awards 2021: Young Green Crusader Of The Year[12]
- Taru Lalvani Award for Environment Protection by Rotary Club of Bombay[13]
- Invited for CEO Delegation to Dubai Expo through International Advertising Association with media stalwarts and leaders[14]
- TEDx speaker: "Why I don’t care about climate change, but…."[15][16]
- Sakal featured Prachi Shevgaonkar in an informational news video[17]
- Lokmat featured Prachi Shevgaonkar in an informational news video[18]
- Lokshahi News covered Prachi in a news bite[19]
References
- ↑ "Prachi Shevgaonkar: Helping Us Measure Greenhouse Gas Emissions". OpenGrowth. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ "A Woman Ecopreneur who Set Out to Unite Individuals and Help Save the Planet". www.themachinemaker.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "World Environmental Health Day 2021: Here's how Prachi Shevgaonkar, creator of Cool the Globe app, is making a difference". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ online, Lokmat (2020-12-29). "पुण्यातील तरुणीची जबरदस्त कामगिरी; कार्बन उत्सर्जन कमी करण्याचे मोबाईल ॲप केले विकसित". Lokmat (in मराठी). Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ "Cool The Globe: Making a Difference!". Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ↑ Bureau, BL New Delhi (2022-09-09). "Bharat Biotech wins BusinessLine's Changemaker of the Year award". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ↑ Jadhav, Radheshyam (2022-09-09). "Cooling down the earth! - Prachi Shevgaonkar's Cool The Globe App". www.thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ↑ Editorial (2022-09-12). "Hindu BusinessLine Changemaker Awards 2022: Bharat Biotech named Changemaker of the Year". MediaNews4U. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ↑ Das, Haraprasad (2022-08-24). "Google releases women-centric leg of #BolneSeSabHoga campaign featuring Nikhat Zareen, Sriya Lenka and many more". Pragativadi. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ Prachi Shevgaonkar's #BolneSeSabHoga Story | Google Voice Search, retrieved 2022-08-29
- ↑ Misra, Shubhangi (2022-08-28). "Bolne Se Sab Hoga, the Google campaign that's cool yet warm". ThePrint. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
- ↑ "IAA Olive Crown Awards 2021: Bhamla Foundation, Heartbeat Creative Lab, IIFL Home Finance take top honours". Campaign India. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ "Prachi Shevgaonkar, Founder Of Cool The Globe App, Recepient Of The Taru Lalvani Award For Environment Protection, Talks About Climate Change". Rotary Club of Bombay. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ "'CEO delegation trips are found to be very fruitful'". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ "TEDxShooliniUniversity | TED". www.ted.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ Why I don't care about climate change, but…. | Prachi Shevgaonkar | TEDxShooliniUniversity, retrieved 2022-08-29
- ↑ "Watch". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ "Watch". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-08-29.
- ↑ Mobile App | पुण्यातील तरुणीने तयार केले वातावरणाबाबत माहिती देणारे मोबाईल अॅप, retrieved 2022-08-29
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