Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award)

For the book prize, see Rachel Carson Prize (academic book prize).

Rachel Carson Prize
Rachel Carson
Awarded for	environmental award
Date	1991 (1991)
Location	Stavanger
Country	Norway
Website	http://www.rachelcarsonprisen.no/

The Rachel Carson Prize (Rachel Carson-prisen) is an international environmental award, established in Stavanger, Norway in 1991 to commemorate the achievements of environmentalist Rachel Carson and to award efforts in her spirit.^[1] The prize is awarded to a woman who has distinguished herself in outstanding work for the environment in Norway or internationally.^[2]

The prize was established spontaneously during a 1989 meeting in Stavanger, on the initiative of speaker Berit Ås.^[2] The prize consists of money and the sculpture The Cormorant by artist Irma Bruun Hodne.^[3]

Awardees

• 1991: Sidsel Mørck, Norwegian author and activist
• 1993: Bergljot Børresen, Norwegian veterinarian
• 1995: Anne Grieg, Norwegian psychiatrist
• 1997: Berit Ås, Norwegian feminist and professor in social psychology
• 1999: Theo Colborn, American zoologist
• 2001: Renate Künast, German Federal Minister of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture
• 2003: Åshild Dale, Norwegian farmer
• 2005: Malin Falkenmark, Swedish professor in hydrology
• 2007: Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Canadian Inuit climate activist^[4]
• 2009: Marie-Monique Robin, French journalist
• 2011: Marilyn Mehlmann, Swedish environmentalist and writer^[5]
• 2013: Sam Fanshawe, British marine conservationist
• 2015: Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, Iranian environmental toxicologist ^[6]
• 2016: Gabrielle Hecht
• 2017: Sylvia Earle^[7]
• 2019: Greta Thunberg, Swedish climate activist
• 2021: Maja Lunde, Norwegian author

See also

• Women in science
• List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science
• List of environmental awards

References

1. Hilmo, Inger (January 2012). "Rachel Carson – den første miljøverner?". Naturfag: 10–11.
2. "What is the Rachel Carson Prize?". Rachel Carson-prisen. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
3. "Mother of the Cormorant is dead". Rachel Carson-prisen. 2 March 2011.
4. "Norsk miljøpris til canadisk inuitt". VG Nett. 5 June 2007.
5. Haneberg, Brita (8 March 2011). "Miljøpris til forkjemper for bærekraftig livsstil". Grønn Hverdag. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011.
6. "Mozhgan Savabieasfahani: Award winner 2015". Rachel Carson-prisen. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
7. "Sylvia Earle is the winner of The Rachel Carson Prize 2017 / Prisvinnere / Rachel Carson - Carson". www.rachelcarsonprisen.no. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017.

External links

• Official website (English)