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.{{cite journal|last=Hilmo|first=Inger|title=Rachel Carson – den første miljøverner?|journal=Naturfag|date=January 2012|pages=10–11|url=http://www.naturfagsenteret.no/c1557812/binfil/download2.php?tid=1869519}} 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.{{cite web|title=What is the Rachel Carson Prize?|url=http://www.rachelcarsonprisen.no/eng/The-Prize/What-is-the-Rachel-Carson-Prize|publisher=Rachel Carson-prisen|accessdate=8 May 2013}} The prize consists of money and the sculpture The Cormorant by artist Irma Bruun Hodne.{{cite web|title=Mother of the Cormorant is dead|url=http://www.rachelcarsonprisen.no/eng/News-Archive/Mother-of-the-Cormorant-is-dead|publisher=Rachel Carson-prisen|date=2 March 2011}}