Tuesday, October 12, 2021


Initiatives to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2021

14 October 2021


The 5th edition of the International Geoethics Day is coming!

Several sections of the IAPG are organizing events to celebrate this important day for geoethics and our association.

IAPG-Bangladesh is organizing a meeting at the Shaheed Mokhlesur Rahman Auditorium of the Geological Survey of Bangladesh (GSB) and requested to all the geoscience community of the country to join the International Geoethics Day. This initiative is leaded by Abdul Baquee Khan Majlis and Jahangir Alam (IAPG-Bangladesh co-coordinators).

IAPG-Turkey has organized a webinar on natural hazards and geoethics with the following speakers: Nur Beyaz Erkizan (Mugla Sitki Kocman University - Department of Philosophy) with a talk entitled "The ethos of being or on being able to love kosmos/universe"; Ayhan Sol (METU Department of Philosophy) with a talk entitled "Morality of Catastrophes and Doomsaying". Yüksel Örgün Tutay (IAPG-Turkey co-coordinator) is moderator of this event, organized in cooperation with TMMOB (Chamber of Geological Engineers).

IAPG-India has organized an International Workshop on "Geoethics with focus on Geohazards and Mining Disasters" in cooperation with National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) and Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR). Surya Parkash (IAPG-India coordinator) and Vincent Cronin (IAPG-USA co-coordinator) will open this event. Several speakers will discuss about "Geoethics for Tunnel Investigations in Himalaya", "Geoethics and Mining Disasters", "Geoethics and Geohazards", "Ethics of Disaster Research".

IAPG-Peru is preparing a video with photos that national members of our association took in Peru to geological outcrops and landscapes. 


We remind you that you are all invited to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2021 on 14 October, by sending an email to iapgeoethics@aol.com with a photo of you together with a geological item of the place where you live (outcrop, rock, mineral, fossil, geological landscape and/or process). In alternative, post your photo on social media by using the hashtag: #geoethicsday2021.

Moreover, if you want to organize an event (conference, webinar, seminar, field trip, etc.) to celebrate the International Geoethics Day, please inform the IAPG Secretariat by sending an email to: iapgeoethics@aol.com. IAPG will be happy to promote your event.

Hashtag: #geoethicsday2021

​Past editions of the International Geoethics Day:

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IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics: 
https://www.geoethics.org

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