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Prachi Shevgaonkar, is the 26-year-old founder and CEO, Cool the Globe, an app for climate action. A media student-turned climate activist, Prachi is now an entrepreneur, an advisor to the Tata Power Company, a UNICEF climate advocate and a TedEx speaker. She tells how her attempts to reduce her personal carbon footprint became a movement Finding her calling “When we consider energy saving or reducing carbon footprint, the first step we probably think of is ‘switching off the light bulb’. But I wanted to take stock of the different ways -- from the time I wake up to the time I sleep – in which I could reduce carbon emissions,” says Prachi. “It could be as simple as taking a cold water shower, or installing solar panels to heat water. I realised that I reduced 14 kg emission after a month of cold water baths. In college, I requested to increase the AC temperature by one or two degree Celsius. That reduced 12 kg emission in a month. Segregating waste at home saved about 4kg emissio...