John Muir Award

The name John Muir Award is given to a number of environmental awards associated with ecological pioneer John Muir:

  • John Muir Award, given for the best environmental film or video at the National Educational Film Festival
  • John Muir Award scheme, a participative award scheme run by the John Muir Trust, Scotland
  • John Muir Lifetime Achievement Award, awarded periodically (to a single person) by the John Muir Trust, Scotland
  • Sierra Club John Muir Award, awarded annually (to a single person) by the Sierra Club, United States

Famous quotes containing the words muir and/or award:

    “Barely a twelvemonth after
    The seven days war that put the world to sleep,
    Late in the evening the strange horses came.”
    —Edwin Muir (1887–1959)

    “The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no poem ever attains such carat purity.”
    —Robert Graves (1895–1985)