The Rachel Carson Award is awarded each spring by the

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's Women in Conservation to recognize "women whose immense talent, expertise, and energy greatly advance conservation and the

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locally and globally". Honorees are drawn from diverse backgrounds, including the worlds of journalism, academics, business, science, entertainment, philanthropy and law.

Background

The award is named in honor of

Rachel Carson Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservation movement, conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book ''Silent Spring'' (1962) are credited with advancing mari ...

, the undisputed founder of the modern environmental movement. Each year the Rachel Carson Award is created by Tiffany & Company. The Rachel Carson Awards Council was founded by

Allison Whipple Rockefeller Allison Hall Whipple Rockefeller (November 20, 1958) is an American conservationist. Early life and education She is the daughter of advertising executive George Carroll Whipple Jr. and JoeAnn Whipple. She graduated from Trinity-Pawling School ...

in 2004. The award is presented to honorees each May at the Rachel Carson Award Luncheon, held annually at New York City's

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. Proceeds from the luncheon support Audubon's ''Long Island Sound Campaign'', the Sound having undergone unprecedented pollution, habitat loss, and ecosystem disruption in recent years. Audubon's ''Women in Conservation Program'', in conjunction with Audubon's Rachel Carson Awards Council, supports a website which connects women to leaders in the environmental movement and to pressing environmental issues. Audubon's Women in Conservation also supports an internship program and hosts an educational school panel in which past Rachel Carson Award honorees speak at a local all-girls school.

Award recipients

2004 to 2009

2010 to 2019

2020 onwards

References

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