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. 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 activist 2009: Marie-Monique Robin, French journalist 2011: Marilyn Mehlmann, Swedish environmentalist and writer 2013: Sam Fanshawe, British marine conservationist 2015: Mozhgan Savabieasfahani, Iranian environmental toxicologist 2016: Gabrielle Hecht 2017: Sylvia Earle 2019: Greta Thunberg, Swedish climate activist 2021: Maja Lunde, Norwegian author See also Women in science List of prizes, medals,