Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award)

For the book prize, see Rachel Carson Prize (academic book prize).

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]

Rachel Carson Prize
Rachel Carson
Awarded for	environmental award
Date	1991 (1991)
Location	Stavanger
Country	Norway
Website	http://www.rachelcarsonprisen.no/

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

• Science portal

• Women in science
• List of prizes, medals, and awards for women in science
• List of environmental awards