Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award)

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

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. The prize is awarded to a woman who has distinguished herself in outstanding work for the environment in Norway or internationally^[1].

The prize was established spontaneously under a meeting in Stavanger, on the initiative of speaker Berit Ås. The prize consists of money and the sculpture The cormorant by artist Irma Bruun Hodne.

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 secretary of agriculture
2003: Åshild Dale, Norwegian farmer
2005: Malin Falkenmark, Swedish professor in hydrology
2007: Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Canadian Inuit activist climate change activist
2009: Marie-Monique Robin, French journalist
2011: Marilyn Mehlmann

References

^ "What is the Rachel Carson Prize?". Rachel Carson-prisen. http://rachelcarsonprisen.no/eng/The-Prize/What-is-the-Rachel-Carson-Prize. Retrieved 2010-03-15.