Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award)
Rachel Carson Prize | |
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Awarded for | environmental award |
Date | 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: , Norwegian veterinarian
- 1995: , 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: , 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: , British marine conservationist
- 2015: , Iranian environmental toxicologist [6]
- 2016:
- 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[]
- ^ Hilmo, Inger (January 2012). "Rachel Carson – den første miljøverner?". Naturfag: 10–11.
- ^ a b "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. Archived from the original on 20 October 2011.
- ^ "Mozhgan Savabieasfahani: Award winner 2015". Rachel Carson-prisen. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ http://www.rachelcarsonprisen.no/layout/set/print/Prize-Winners/Sylvia-Earle-is-the-winner-of-The-Rachel-Carson-Prize-20173
External links[]
Categories:
- Environmental awards
- Awards established in 1991
- Norwegian awards
- Science awards honoring women
- Stavanger
- Norway-related lists
- Lists of women
- Environment-related lists
- 1991 establishments in Norway
- Rachel Carson