Wednesday 27 April 2016

International Association for Promoting Geoethics Nigeria - Official blog


IAPG for the Earth Day 2016



IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics works for a respectful stewardship of the Earth: our way to take care of future generations (http://www.geoethics.org)

Earth Day: 22 April 2016

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The IAPG session on Geoethics at EGU 2016 is coming back!


Programme


Session EOS5 "Geoethics: theoretical and practical aspects from research integrity to relationships between geosciences and society".

Vienna (Austria), Austria Center Vienna.

Monday, 18 April 2016.

- Orals: 08:30–12:00, Room 2.83 (Red Level)
- Posters: a) Display time 08:00–19:30; b) Author in attendance: 13:30–15:00 (Hall D - Brown Level).

Conveners: 
Silvia Peppoloni, Nic Bilham, Eduardo Marone, Marie Charriere

Oral presentations:

Part I - Geoethics: Communication and Application

08:30–08:45 
EGU2016-1235: Engineering paradigms and anthropogenic global change (Martin Bohle)

08:45–09:00
EGU2016-2688: Injecting learning experience into geoethics for human and natural sustainability (David Crookall)

09:00–09:15
EGU2016-9621: What can I say? Geoscientists as participants in debating our energy needs (Nic Bilham)

09:15–09:30
EGU2016-7485: Geoethical and socio-political aspects of seismic and tsunami hazard assessment, quantification and mapping (Stefano Tinti and Alberto Armigliato)

09:30–09:45
EGU2016-13258: Ethical Implications of Seismic Risk Communication in Istanbul – Insights from a Transdisciplinary, Film-based Science Communication Workshop (Johanna Ickert and Iain S. Stewart)

09:45–10:00
EGU2016-4849: Cross-border data exchange - a case study on international collaboration gone wrong (Valentina Yanko-Hombach)

Part II - Geoethics: institutional paradigms and conceptual challenges

10:30–10:45
EGU2016-9442: Developing an Ethical Framework for All Geoscientists: AGI Guidelines for Ethical Professional Conduct (Maeve A. Boland, P. Patrick Leahy, and Christopher M. Keane)

10:45–11:00
EGU2016-7301: Scientific Integrity and Professional Ethics at AGU – The Establishment and Evolution of an Ethics Program at a Large Scientific Society (Michael McPhaden, Margaret Leinen, Christine McEntee, Randy Townsend, and Billy Williams)

11:00–11:15
EGU2016-14583
The challenge of developing ethical guidelines for a research infrastructure (Werner Leo Kutsch)

11:15–11:30
EGU2016-3333: Ethics issues in scientiļ¬c data and service provision: evidence and challenges for the European Plate Observing System (EPOS) (Massimo Cocco, Carmela Freda, Florian Haslinger, and Epos Consortium)

11:30–11:45
EGU2016-585: Towards Increased Engagement of Geoscientists in Global Development Frameworks (Joel Gill)

11:45–12:00
EGU2016-9699: Ethical dilemmas in geosciences. We can ask, but, can we ans? (Eduardo Marone)

More information at: 
http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/20171
or
http://www.geoethics.org/#!egu2016-eos5/ly2oj

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IAPGeoethics Newsletter n. 2 - 2016 is out!


The issue #2 - 2016 of the Newsletter of the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics has been released on 14 April 2016.

Summary:

- Congresses/Meetings (sessions on geoethics at SGI2016, 35th ESC, EGU2016).
- New National Sections (IAPG-Nepal).
- Conferences (Keynote speeches in USA).
- Affiliations/Agreements (IAEG-IAPG).
- News from the world (Cameroon, Peru, Nigeria, DR Congo, Morocco, Colombia).
- From the IAPG Blog (3 new recent articles).

Download the newsletter: http://www.geoethics.org/newsletter.html

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Wednesday 6 April 2016

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IAPG-Cameroon coordinator goes on 

National Television to introduce IAPG and Geoethics


"Monday Show" is a Cameroonian television program broadcast all over the national territory through the Cameroon Radio & Television (CRTV) station at Mballa 2, Yaounde – the capital city of Cameroon. The program takes place live every Mondays, from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm, and it is rebroadcast every Tuesdays between 10:00 am and 11:00 am. The one hour program that is broadcast strictly in English language, seeks to promote and showcase Cameroon’s culture, talents, urban and grassroots development initiatives. The program is usually characterized by musical presentations, discussions with guests of honour, drama, sketches, poetry, etc.
On 28 March 2016, the coordinator of IAPG-Cameroon section, Ndzishepngong Kelvin Ngwang, participated on “Monday Show” as special guest. During his discussion Kelvin introduced the IAPG and its mission, talked about the meaning of geoethics and about a project on climate change for young people co-sponsored by the Captain Planet Foundation and The Pollination project. 
This was the first time such a sensitization on geoethics took place on the State media in Cameroon. The host of "Monday Show" and the Cameroon television viewers were excited to learn about geoethics. It is hoped that from time to time, members of the IAPG-Cameroon will dedicate time to share information about geoethics and IAPG activities to the general public.
This activity goes a long way to promote geoethics in Cameroon; but it is necessary for improving the relationship between the scientific community, the mass media and the public: this is one of the goals of geoethics and the IAPG..


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

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Lecture on Geoethics at the Cairo University


IAPG-Egypt (coordinator: Kholoud Mohamed Abdelmaksoud) organizes a Lecture on Geoethics for geology students at the Faculty of Science of the Cairo University on Saturday 9 April 2016, Hall 21 - Geology Department, from 13:00 to 14:00.
The lecture is focused on what is geoethics and the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoetics.


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

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IAPG-Peru 
has become 
the section "Geoethics, Geological Culture and Society" 
of the SGP - Peruvian Geological Society


The creation of the specialized section "Geoethics, Geological Culture and Society (SEGCGS)" of the SGP - Peruvian Geological Society will be formalized on 6 April 2016, at the auditorium of the SGP. 
The specialized section was officially approved on 6 March 2016 by the Commission for Scientific and Academic Activities of the SGP.
This section is a joint initiative SGP-IAPG. SGP-SEGCGS is the Peruvian section of the IAPG. 
SGP-SEGCGS/IAPG-Peru will start its activities with a presentation titled "Geoethics: the importance of democratizing the geosciences in Peru" by Juan Carlos Alejandro Piscoya Quevedo, Planning and Outreach Coordinator of IAPG-Peru. 
The specialized section on geoethics is the result of the 1st Colloquium on Geoethics in Peru organized by SGP and IAPG-Peru, held on 12 October 2015, in which Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General) and Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG Treasurer) gave speeches about geoethics and the IAPG network, and of the SGP meeting that took place on 29 January 2016. 
Congratulations to Sandra Villacorta, coordinator of IAPG-Peru, and to Eng. Carlos Monges Reyes, President of the SGP, for this important achievement.

Download the flyer (pdf file)
Download the poster (pdf file)

SGP-SEGCGS/IAPG-Peru blog: http://geoeticaperu.blogspot.it/

List of IAPG national sections: http://www.geoethics.org/sections.html