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.[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 change activist[4]
- 2009: Marie-Monique Robin, French journalist
- 2011: Marilyn Mehlmann[5]
- 2013: Sam Fanshawe, British marine conservationist
References
- ↑ Hilmo, Inger (January 2012). "Rachel Carson – den første miljøverner?". Naturfag: 10–11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "What is the Rachel Carson Prize?". Rachel Carson-prisen. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
- ↑ "Mother of the Cormorant is dead". Rachel Carson-prisen. 2 March 2011.
- ↑ "Norsk miljøpris til canadisk inuitt". VG Nett. 5 June 2007.
- ↑ Haneberg, Brita (8 March 2011). "Miljøpris til forkjemper for bærekraftig livsstil". Grønn Hverdag.