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Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award)

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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. 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. The prize consists of money and the sculpture The Cormorant by artist Irma Bruun Hodne.

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
  • 2009: Marie-Monique Robin, French journalist
  • 2011: Marilyn Mehlmann
  • 2013: Sam Fanshawe, British marine conservationist
  • 2015: Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, Iranian environmental toxicologist
  • 2016 Gabrielle Hecht

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