Varshini Prakash was named on the 2019 Time 100 Next list, and was a co-recipient of the Sierra Club John Muir Award in 2019.
13 Facts About Varshini Prakash
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Varshini Prakash first became aware of climate change when she was 11 while watching news coverage of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which impacted Chennai, where her grandparents lived.
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Varshini Prakash went to college at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she began organizing around climate issues.
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Varshini Prakash worked with a national organization, Fossil Fuel Divestment Student Network.
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In 2017, Varshini Prakash launched the Sunrise Movement, an American youth-led political movement and 501 that advocates political action on climate change, with seven other co-founders.
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Varshini Prakash was named as an adviser to Joe Biden's climate task force in 2020.
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Varshini Prakash is an advisory board member of Climate Power 2020, a group that includes Democrats and activists advocating for increasing the interest American voters take in climate action.
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Varshini Prakash is co-editor of the book Winning the Green New Deal: Why We Must, How We Can, released August 2020.
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Varshini Prakash is a contributor to The New Possible: Visions of Our World Beyond Crisis.
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Varshini Prakash appeared in Rachel Lears' 2022 documentary film, To the End, which focuses on the effects of climate change.
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In September 2023, Varshini Prakash stepped down as Sunrise executive director, succeeded by Sunrise activist Aru Shiney-Ajay.
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Varshini Prakash was named on the 2019 Time 100 Next list of emerging global leaders.
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Varshini Prakash was a finalist for the 2019 Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award from the University of California, Los Angeles.