International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria

Dear colleagues and friends, please find enclosed the announcement of the fourth edition of the celebration of the Day of Earth Sciences in Africa and Middle East. I hope that you will celebrate the day in your respective countries and also help us to disseminate the information. Thank you. Best regards, Ezzoura

International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria

The IAPG is a formal signatory of the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) "Consensus Statement Regarding Access and Inclusion of Individuals Living with Disabilities in the Geosciences."
As stated by AGI, this is an important step on our collective journey to providing full access and promoting inclusion of geoscientists with disabilities into our academic programs and workforce.
Read more about the Disability Consensus Statement in the IAPG website: http://www.geoethics.org/dcs.html

International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria

The new book on #Geoethics we have published in the Lyell Collection of the Geological Society of London is out:
Peppoloni Silvia and Giuseppe Di Capua (Eds.)
Geoethics: the Role and Responsibility of Geoscientists
2015, Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 419, ISBN 978-1-86239-726-2.
Two articles are for free download:
- Introduction.
- The L'Aquila Trial (an important matter with geoethical implications, affecting the interaction between geoscientists and civil society).
More information about this new book and articles for free download are available at: http://www.geoethics.org/geoethicsgsl.html

International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria

 

SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT for the session "ED004: Ethical principles and practices in the Ocean Sciences" at the 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting that will take place in New Orleans, Lousiana (USA) on 21-26 February 2016 (deadline is approaching: 23 September 2016, 11:59 P.M. EDT).

Conveners of the session are: Elizabeth S Gordon and Cindy M Palinkas (co-coordinator of the IAPG-USA section).
Here the session description: Geoethics is an interdisciplinary study that encompasses professional ethics and scientific integrity, stewardship, and risk communication. As such, Geoethics provides a valuable framework for exploring our ethical obligations as ocean scientists in a variety of settings. As scholars and experts, we have an obligation to not only conduct research responsibly but also to inform society of potential marine resources and hazards. For example, ocean scientists are uniquely suited to address such issues as tsunami warnings, overfishing, iron fertilization, and ocean pollution, informing science-based management and policy decisions. As educators, we also have an obligation to train our students in ethical practices and principles. The goal of this session is to discuss these obligations through presentations that highlight case studies at the interface of marine science and ethics, as well as educational strategies for incorporating Geoethics into undergraduate and graduate curricula.
SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT: https://agu.confex.com/agu/os16/preliminaryview.cgi/Session9330

International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria

The IAPG will be in Cape Town (South Africa) at the 35th IGC - International Geological Congress, 2016. We are organizing a Symposium titled "Geoethics: general aspects and case-studies". The CALL FOR ABSTRACTS IS OPEN. Join us and take part in the discussion about the ethical and social perspectives on challenges arising from human interaction with Earth systems. Read more at http://www.geoethics.org/35thigc.html.

International Association for Promoting Geoethic Nigeria

The program of the IAPG session on #Geoethics at the GSA Annual Meeting 2015 in Baltimora is out!
Look at the list of the 16 presentations from 23 authors, for this important event in the US: https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2015AM/webprogram/Session37724.html
The session is titled "Ethics of Geoscience in practice and application" and will be chaired by Cindy Palinkas and Vincent Cronin, co-coordinators of the section IAPG-USA.
The session will take place on Sunday, 1 November 2015
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Room 337 (Baltimore Convention Center).
The IAPG is an Associate Society of The GSA - Geological Society of America (http://www.geoethics.org/).

International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria

The issue n. 5 - 2015 of the IAPG Newsletter is out.
You can download it from the IAPG website:
http://www.geoethics.org/newsletter.org.

Summary:
1) The program of the IAPG session on Geoethics at the GSA Annual Meeting 2015 in Baltimora (USA).
2) First Colloquium on Geoethics in Peru.
3) Lectio Magistralis on Geoethics.
4) IAPG sessions on Geoethics at the 35th IGC - International Geological Congress 2016: CALL FOR ABSTRACTS.
5) Symposium on Geoethics in Spain at the IX Congreso Geológico de España: CALL FOR PAPERS.
6) New book on Geoethics in the Lyell Collection of the Geological Society of London: Peppoloni S. and Di Capua G. (2015). Geoethics: the Role and Responsibility of Geoscientists.

International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria

CALL FOR PAPERS
Colleagues are invited to submit papers for the Symposium "S6. Geoética" that will take place in Huelva (Spain) at the IX Congreso Geológico de España (12-14 September 2016).
The Symposium on Geoethics is organized by the IAPG-Spain section, thanks to our national co-coordinators: Emilia Hermelinda Lopera Pareja and Domingo Alfonso Martín Sánchez.
The description of the Symposium and other information are available from the IAPG homepage: http://www.geoethics.org/