Rachel Carson Prize (environmentalist award)

For the book prize, see Rachel Carson Prize (academic book prize).
Rachel Carson Prize
Rachel Carson
Awarded forenvironmental award
Date1991 (1991)
LocationStavanger
CountryNorway
Websitehttp://www.rachelcarsonprisen.no/ Edit this on Wikidata

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]

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]

  1. ^ Hilmo, Inger (January 2012). "Rachel Carson – den første miljøverner?". Naturfag: 10–11.
  2. ^ a b "What is the Rachel Carson Prize?". Rachel Carson-prisen. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Mother of the Cormorant is dead". Rachel Carson-prisen. 2 March 2011.