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]
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 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]
- 2019: Greta Thunberg, Swedish climate activist
- 2021: Maja Lunde, Norwegian author
See also
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Notes and References
- Hilmo. Inger. Rachel Carson – den første miljøverner?. Naturfag. January 2012. 10–11.
- Web site: What is the Rachel Carson Prize?. Rachel Carson-prisen. 8 May 2013.
- Web site: Mother of the Cormorant is dead. Rachel Carson-prisen. 2 March 2011.
- News: Norsk miljøpris til canadisk inuitt. VG Nett. 5 June 2007.
- 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.
- Web site: Mozhgan Savabieasfahani: Award winner 2015. Rachel Carson-prisen. 23 June 2015.
- 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.