Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award)

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, 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]

References

  1. ↑ Hilmo, Inger (January 2012). "Rachel Carson – den første miljøverner?". Naturfag: 10–11.
  2. 1 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. ↑ http://www.rachelcarsonprisen.no/layout/set/print/Prize-Winners/Sylvia-Earle-is-the-winner-of-The-Rachel-Carson-Prize-20173
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