The Rachel Carson Award is bestowed only once every four years at a SETAC World Congress and was initiated on the 25th anniversary of the publication of “Silent Spring.” Rachel Carson was a scientist and science writer who through her literary skills increased awareness among the public for the natural world and potential threats to that world. Membership of SETAC is not a prerequisite for this award, which is open to an individual or a group acting to promote science, its accurate assembly and reporting, and its accessibility to the wider public.