Varshini Prakash
Varshini Prakash ita mai rajin kare yanayin ne kuma babbar darekta ce ta Sunrise Movement, kungiyar 501(c)(4) wacce ta kirkiro a shekara ta 2017. An sanya ta a cikin jerin sunayen Time 100 na shekara ta 2019, kuma ta samu lambar yabo ta Saliyo Club John Muir a shekarar 2019.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
Prakash ta fara sanin ilimin canjin yanayi ne lokacin da take 'yar shekara 11 a yayin da take kallon labarai game da Indian Ocean tsunamina shekarar 2004. Dukda dai taso ta zama likita bayan girmanta.

Prakash ta tafi kwaleji a Jami'ar Massachusetts Amherst inda ta fara shiryawa kan al'amuran da suka shafi yanayi. Yayin da take can, ta zama jagora ga kamfen ɗin burbushin man fetur na makaranta. Prakash ta kuma yi aiki tare da wata kungiyar kasa, Fosil Fuel Divestment Student Network. A cikin shekarar 2017, shekara guda bayan ta kammala karatu, UMass Amherst ya zama na farko babba, jami'ar gwamnati da ta nitse.

Ayyuka 
A cikin 2017, Prakash ta ƙaddamar da Sunrise Movement, ƙungiyar siyasa ta Amurka da matasa ke jagoranta da 501{c}{4} waɗanda ke ba da shawarar aiwatar da siyasa kan canjin yanayi, tare da wasu masu haɗin gwiwa guda bakwai.

A cikin 2018, ta zama babban darektan Sunrise Movement bayan kungiyar ta shirya zanga-zangar mamaye ofishin kakakin majalisar wakilan Amurka Nancy Pelosi tana neman a kafa kwamitin aiki na majalisar don magance canjin yanayi.

An sanya ta a cikin jerin sunayen Time 100 na 2019.

A matsayin wani ɓangare na aikinta tare da Sunrise Movement, Prakash na ba da shawarwari akan harkoki day suka shafi fannin Green New Deal. A shekarar 2020, kungiyar ta amince da dan majalisar dattijan Amurka Bernie Sanders a zaben fidda gwanin dan takarar shugaban kasa. An ambaci Prakash a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga rundunar kula da yanayi ta Joe Biden a shekarar 2020. Ita ma memba ce mai ba da shawara a kungiyar Climate Power 2020, kungiyar da ta hada da 'yan Democrats da masu fafutuka da ke ba da shawarar kara sha'awar masu jefa kuri'ar Amurkawa kan daukar matakin sauyin yanayi.

Prakash ita ce editan edita na littafin Winning the Green New Deal:Why We Must, How We Can, fito da watan Agusta 2020. Ta kuma kasance mai ba da gudummawa ga The New Possible: Visions of Our World Beyond Crisis.

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