IAPG signed an agreement with the SGCh

On 15 July 2020, the IAPG signed an agreement for cooperation with the SGCh - Sociedad Geológica de Chile.

The aim of this agreement is to develop a coordinated activity for promoting initiatives and events discussing the ethical, social and cultural implications of geosciences in Chile.

SGCh agrees to support the "Cape Town Statement on Geoethics" (that contains the Geoethical Promise, an Hippocratic-like oath for geoscientists) and to be included among the list of supporting organizations of the statement.

Since SGCh established a Geoethics Group in 2019, that expressed the interest to act in Chile as a section of the IAPG, both parties agree to officially recognizes the Geoethics Group of the SGCh as the Chilean section of the IAPG (IAPG-Chile).

The Geological Society of Chile (SGCh: https://sociedadgeologica.cl/) is legally a non-profit private law corporation aimed at increasing the knowledge, dissemination and teaching of Geology in Chile. Its main objectives are: promote the development of geological research in the country, facilitate cooperation and knowledge between natural or legal persons, national or foreign, interested in these studies, promote the expansion of geology education in Chile, encourage any action aimed at preserving the National Scientific Heritage in regard to Geology, participate in all International Geological Congresses and other similar meetings and convene the holding of the Chilean Geological Congress. The SGCh is directed by a board of directors elected by the members of the society, made up of the President, Secretary and Treasurer plus six directors and the Past President. It has eight specialized groups in: History of Geology, Geoheritage, Meteorite and Planetary Sciences, Education, Environmental Geology, Geoethics, Marine Geology and Geophysics, and Volcanology. It has its headquarters in the same place as the Union Association of Geologists of Chile at Valentín Letelier # 20, downtown Santiago, Chile. The Geological Society of Chile is a member of IUGS.

The IAPG has 7 Affiliations, 22 Agreements for Cooperation, 3 Partnerships:

http://www.geoethics.org/affiliations-agreements

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We will miss him!

This is a sad news for the IAPG geoethics family. 

Our friend and colleague Jan Boon passed away peacefully in the evening of July 22, 2020.

People of such human qualities like Jan are not common and if we all were like him, we would not need to promote geoethics.

An interview to Jan during
the poster session on geoethics
at the EGU 2019 in Vienna.

Jan was a pillar of the IAPG:

- co-coordinator of IAPG-Canada

(http://iapgeoethics.blogspot.com/2017/12/news-about-iapg-canada-dr.html);

- member of the IAPG Task Group on Responsible Mining

(https://www.geoethics.org/tgrm);

- IAPG representative at CFES

(Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences: http://iapgeoethics.blogspot.com/2018/11/iapg-has-become-observer-organization.html); 

- author of the first book published in the SpringerBriefs in Geoethics

(https://www.geoethics.org/springerbriefs-geoethics).

Our condolences to his family.

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http://www.geoethics.org

IAPG signed an agreement with the APG

On 13 July 2020, the IAPG signed an agreement for cooperation with the APG - Associação Portuguesa de Geólogos.

The aim of this agreement is to develop a coordinated activity for promoting initiatives and events discussing the ethical, social and cultural implications of geosciences in Portugal.

APG agrees to support the "Cape Town Statement on Geoethics" (that contains the Geoethical Promise, an Hippocratic-like oath for geoscientists) and to be included among the list of supporting organizations of the statement.

The Portuguese Association of Geologists (APG: http://www.apgeologos.pt/) was founded in 1976 clearly assuming itself as a socio-professional association in the image of the pan-European associative movement of geologists that arose at that time and that in 1980 originated the European Federation of Geologists.
The APG is a nonprofit public interest socio-professional association that brings together geology professionals. It is a founding member of the European Federation of Geologists (EFG: https://eurogeologists.eu/) and a member of the Portuguese Federation of Scientific Associations and Societies (FEPASC). 
Within the scope of the European Federation of Geologists, APG, through the National Accreditation Commission and in close collaboration with the International Licensed Body of the EFG, participates in the attribution of the title of Eurogeologist (EurGeol: http://www.geoethics.org/eurgeol-title) recognized and accepted internationally as a standard of quality and ethics in the exercise of the profession of geologist. Additionally, Eurogeologists can be considered Competent Persons by the Pan-European Reserves and Resources Reporting Committee (PERC), as long as they have the necessary skills.

The IAPG has 7 Affiliations, 21 Agreements for Cooperation, 3 Partnerships:

http://www.geoethics.org/affiliations-agreements

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http://www.geoethics.org

Final virtual meeting of the project GOAL - Geoethics Outcomes and Awareness Learning

13 July 2020

The project GOAL "Geoethics Outcomes and Awareness Learning" held its final virtual meeting this morning.

The project was a great success and produced a lot of materials to be used for creating geoethics module into higher education curricula.

GOAL E-Book

In particular, you can freely download the E-book "Teaching Geoethics", edited by Clara Vasconcelos, Susanne Schneider-Voß, and Silvia Peppoloni:
https://goal-erasmus.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/GOAL-eBook-v4.pdf

But you can download also other online resources:

- a Geoethics Syllabus: https://goal-erasmus.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/GOAL_Syllabus.pdf

- Video-pills on Geoethics: https://goal-erasmus.eu/io1-video/

- Educational Resources on different geoethical issues: https://goal-erasmus.eu/educational-resources/

- a Glossary: https://goal-erasmus.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Glossary_GOAL.pdf

So, do you want to create a course on geoethics? Now you have materials to do this. You can contact also the IAPG School on Geoethics for information: http://www.geoethics.org/geoethics-school

The project GOAL was an Erasmus+ project and joined teams from Portugal (project leader), Italy, Spain, Austria, Israel, Lithuania.

The IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics was supporting partner of this project.

#geoethics #geoetica #geoeducation #teachinggeoethics #GOAL  #IAPG

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http://www.geoethics.org

Great News:

The IAPG Early Career Scientists Team (ECST) 

is now in charge!

The IAPG considers the ESCT as its outpost and one of its greater strengths. The IAPG believes that early career and young scientists can indicate needs and expectations on the future of geosciences. They can help to give a perspective updated and adhering to the new challenges that geoscientists have to face. They can also report new instances from the society, identifying the potential innovative contributions that geosciences can provide to society.

The ECST has the following goals:

1) Promoting geoethics and the IAPG, with a special target focused on younger and early career scientists/professionals;

2) Working as the interface between IAPG and young/early career scientists' organizations and groups.

3) Starting to self-train a group of geoscientists that would be able to bring the reins of the IAPG in the future and capable to continue to develop the geoethical thinking, by following multi- and transdisciplinary approaches.

The ECST board is formed by:

- Daniel De Miguel (Spain) - Spokeperson
- Ndivhuwo Cecilia Mukosi (South Africa)
- Sebastian Handl (Austria)
- Cristina Toma (Romania)
- Cesar Oboni (Canada)
- Bárbara Zambelli (Brazil)
- Jonathan Rizzi (Italy/Norway)
- Alexandra Cardoso (Portugal)

The IAPG thanks Flavia Strani (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) to have drawn the ECST logo.

Read more about the IAPG-ECST here: http://www.geoethics.org/ecst

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IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics

http://www.geoethics.org

Geoethics in the PGO Virtual Symposium 2020

7 July 2020, 09:00-11:30 (EST)

Giuseppe Di Capua

Virtual Symposium "Exploring the Convergence of Professional Geoscience, Public Policy, Regulatory Requirements, Standards and Protection of the Public"
Session B "Geoethics and Sustainability".

Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG Treasurer) is invited to give a speach, entitled "Geoethics - Why bother?".

The Virtual Symposium is organized by PGO - Professional Geoscientists Ontario.

Symposium link: https://webcastguru.net/events/pgo/200707-010/

Download the poster (pdf file)

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http://www.geoethics.org

Webinar on Geoethics and Georisks

7 July 2020, 16:00 (GMT+1)

Silvia Peppoloni

You are cordially invited to the webinar "Geoethics and Georisks: definitions, concepts and values" that will be held on 7 July 2020 at 16:00 (GMT+1). 

Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General, researcher at the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Rome, Italy, IUGS Councillor 2018-2022) is the guest speaker of this event organized by Ezzoura Errami (Dean Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Safi, Morocco, President of the AAWG, IAPG-Continental Coordinator for Africa).

The link to the webinar is: meet.google.com/aub-vrrx-fbd.

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http://www.geoethics.org

IAPG supports the

International Declaration released during the EGU General Assembly 2020

The IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics officially supports the Declaration of the Significance of Geoscience Expertise to Meet Global Societal Challenges. The declaration was promoted by EGU, AGU, AOGS, GSA, JpGU, GSL.

Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General) signed the Declaration on behalf of the IAPG.

This Declaration in the EGU - European Geosciences Union website:
https://www.egu.eu/news/654/declaration-of-the-significance-of-geoscience-expertise-to-meet-global-societal-challenges/


Declaration of the Significance of Geoscience Expertise to Meet Global Societal Challenges

Preamble

Humanity today faces many societal challenges whose escalating scope, interconnection and urgency could jeopardize achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Our ability to anticipate and meet both current challenges and future issues depends in large part upon facilitating innovative science and technology as the most effective means to comprehend the origins of these challenges and to establish successful strategies for mitigating and addressing them.

The international geoscience community possesses much of the specialised knowledge, skills and expertise necessary to provide the essential resources and healthy environments that humanity needs to thrive. The world’s geoscience expertise helps to ensure reliable supplies of mineral, energy and ecological resources; satisfy human and environmental requirements for clean water, clean air and fertile soils; manage wastes to protect the environment; bolster public health; and build societal resilience to the short- and long-term effects of a range of natural and anthropogenic hazards.

Proclamation

In recognition of the significance of international cooperation in science, technology and innovation, and particularly within the Earth, planetary and space science community, the European Geosciences Union, the American Geophysical Union, the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, the Geological Society of America, the Japan Geoscience Union and The Geological Society of London declare our commitment to work together to support and promote all forms of geoscience research.

As signatory societies, we recognise our shared responsibility to:

1. Devise strategies to protect and sustainably develop vital resources for present and future generations;
2. Utilise scientific research results to increase societal resilience to single, multiple and potentially interrelated threats, support global wellbeing, and help humanity prevent, better prepare for, and recover from local, regional and global crises;
3. Impartially analyse risks associated with natural and anthropogenic hazards, including individual and cascading perils, and support comprehensive, forward-thinking solutions that directly address these issues;
4. Promote widespread access to scientific methods, research and associated outputs;
5. Encourage ethical conduct by adopting high standards, fostering ethically responsible attitudes and supporting equitable, diverse, inclusive and transparent funding mechanisms;
6. Advocate for scientific freedom and develop best practices for promoting scientific integrity;
7. Diversify science and recognise the voices and perspectives of researchers from underrepresented groups, including the global south and early career researchers;
8. Recognise and develop the professional and educational skills required to engage various audiences with geoscience concepts, both in public and political spheres;
9. Effectively communicate scientific methods and research results to improve public trust in science, engage policymakers, and effect policies that implement and advance the science that supports global wellbeing; and
10. Promote the multi-disciplinary dimensions of geoscience, knowing its impact is strengthened by the intersections between subdisciplines and plays an active role in addressing key societal issues.

We hereby affirm our commitment to apply geoscience research to discovering and implementing solutions that will help realise a sustainable and just future for humanity, our shared planet and its vital ecosystems.

Signed in solidarity,

Alberto Montanari, President
European Geosciences Union

Robin Bell, President
American Geophysical Union

David Higgitt, President
Asia Oceania Geosciences Society

Donald Siegel, President
Geological Society of America

Hodaka Kawahata, President
Japan Geoscience Union

Nicholas Rogers, President
The Geological Society of London

Jeannot Trampert, Chairperson
GEO*8 |European Alliance for Earth Sciences

Heidrun Kopp, President
German Geophysical Society DGG

Reinhard Hüttl, Chairman of the Board and Scientific Executive Director
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Silvia Peppoloni, Secretary General
International Association for Promoting Geoethics

Kathy Whaler, President
International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics

Takashi Kosaki, President
International Union of Soil Sciences

Anne Husebekk, Rector
UiT The Arctic University of Norway



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http://www.geoethics.org

Portuguese Closing Conference

of the GOAL Project

Porto (Portugal)
7th July 2020, 10:00 (DST)

The University of Porto coordinated the Erasmus+ Project GOAL - Geoethics Outcomes and Awareness Learning (ref. 2017-1-PTO1-KA203-035790).

This project included an interdisciplinary consortium of researchers and professionals from six countries: Portugal (U.PORTO), Austria (BOKU), Spain (UNIZAR), Israel (WIS), Italy (INGV), and Lithuania (KTU).

This multiplicity of areas of expertise enabled the development of a geoethics syllabus and the production of more than a dozen educational resources pointed at higher education.

These resources, now compiled in the eBook "Teaching Geoethics: Resources for Higher Education" (edited by Clara Vasconcelos, Susanne Schneider-Voß, and Silvia Peppoloni), will be presented on 7th July 2020 at 10:00 (DST) at the Portuguese Closing Conference of the GOAL Project.

This conference is sponsored by IAPG-Portugal.

The IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics is official partner of the GOAL project.

IAPG-Portugal website: https://www.fc.up.pt/iapg-pns/ 

Conference link: https://fc-up-pt.zoom.us/j/93815906131


GOAL project website: https://goal-erasmus.eu/

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http://www.geoethics.org