Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award) explained

Rachel Carson Prize
Awarded For:environmental award
Location:Stavanger
Country:Norway

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.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Hilmo. Inger. Rachel Carson – den første miljøverner?. Naturfag. January 2012. 10–11.
  2. Web site: What is the Rachel Carson Prize?. Rachel Carson-prisen. 8 May 2013.
  3. Web site: Mother of the Cormorant is dead. Rachel Carson-prisen. 2 March 2011.
  4. News: Norsk miljøpris til canadisk inuitt. VG Nett. 5 June 2007.
  5. News: Haneberg. Brita. Miljøpris til forkjemper for bærekraftig livsstil. Grønn Hverdag. 8 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111020233548/http://www.gronnhverdag.no/nor/Aktuelt/Miljoepris-til-forkjemper-for-baerekraftig-livsstil. 20 October 2011.
  6. Web site: Mozhgan Savabieasfahani: Award winner 2015. Rachel Carson-prisen. 23 June 2015.
  7. Web site: Sylvia Earle is the winner of The Rachel Carson Prize 2017 / Prisvinnere / Rachel Carson - Carson . www.rachelcarsonprisen.no . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003243/http://www.rachelcarsonprisen.no/layout/set/print/Prize-Winners/Sylvia-Earle-is-the-winner-of-The-Rachel-Carson-Prize-20173 . 2017-11-07.