Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Video: "The significance of geotourism through the lens of geoethics"


Video:
"The significance of geotourism through the lens of geoethics"

(by Silvia Peppoloni)


Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General and research geologist at National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy) delivered the talk entitled "The significance of geotourism through the lens of geoethics" at the EGU 2022 Session EOS4.1: Geoethics in the face of global anthropogenic changes: how do we intersect different knowledge domains? on 24 May 2022.


Abstract:
Geoheritage and geodiversity visually and symbolically express the link between the physical and biological environment and cultural world. In the geoethical vision, their protection is fundamental, since they are irreplaceable components of a non-renewable social and natural "capital" (Peppoloni et al. 2019: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-12010-8_2). They become points of reference to redefine the intimate connection between human beings and Earth, thus assuming a value meaning to be placed at the basis of a new way of experiencing the territory. Initiatives such as geoparks or geotourism represent their concrete implementation, as activities capable of enhancing the environment and its geological landscape. Furthermore, their learning and enjoyment also foster a broader understanding of the significance of geosciences and their importance for the functioning of societies, as well as promoting interactions with local human communities, and the expansion of one’s spiritual and aesthetical dimension while living the interaction with nature.
Newsome and Dowling (2010: https://doi.org/10.23912/978-1-906884-09-3-21) define geotourism as follows: “a form of natural area tourism that specifically focuses on geology and landscape. It promotes tourism to geosites and the conservation of geodiversity and an understanding of Earth sciences through appreciation and learning. This is achieved through independent visits to geological features, use of geo-trails, and viewpoints, guided tours, geo-activities and patronage of geo-visitor centres”.
Responsible geotourism enhances sites and landscapes of geological significance, assuring their protection and the sustainable development of surrounding areas. Moreover, the use of those sites by citizens can increase their awareness and understanding of key issues to be faced by society, such as the sustainable use of geo-resources, the mitigation of and adaptation to climate change effects, and the reduction of risks related to natural and anthropogenic phenomena. Geotourism, therefore, also represents the common ground on which geosciences and social sciences can interact, offering undoubted advantages. It makes multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work and cross-boundaries national and international collaboration visual and tangible; it produces an increase in public awareness and scientific knowledge; it improves the quality of life of the local population by creating incentives for economic development; finally, it drives society to behave and act more responsibly towards geodiversity and biodiversity.
This paper frames geotourism within geoethical thought, emphasising its formative contribution for the human being living in the Anthropocene. In the vision of geoethics, geotourism helps to understand that Earth is a system, that reality can be reduced to its constituent parts only for rational convenience, but its deep meaning can only be grasped through the relationships that bind the parts to the whole. In the same way, the human being is an individual immersed in a continuum in transformation and the relationships that bind the individual to the whole are the essence of its specificity.

How to cite: Peppoloni, S. and Di Capua, G.: The significance of geotourism through the lens of geoethics, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-1756, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU22/EGU22-1756.html, 2022.



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Monday, June 27, 2022


Just published in the journal Minerals


The paper published is entitled:

"Sustainable Production of Rare Earth Elements from Mine Waste and Geoethics

and authored by Marouen Jouini, Alexandre Royer-Lavallée, Thomas Pabst, Eunhyea Chung, Rina Kim, Young-Wook Cheong and Carmen Mihaela Neculita

This paper is fully open access and can be downloaded here:
https://www.geoethics.org/_files/ugd/5195a5_e500f62ca2cd49789df147509e801964.pdf?index=true

Abstract:
The vulnerability of the rare earth element (REE) supply in a global context of increasing demands entails important economic and political issues, and has encouraged several countries to develop their own REE production projects. This study comparatively evaluated the production of REEs from primary and secondary resources in terms of their sustainability and contribution to the achievement of the Geoethics concept as responsibility towards oneself, colleagues, society, and the Earth system. Twelve categories of potential environmental and social impacts were selected: human health toxicity, global warming or climate change, terrestrial and aquatic eutrophication, acidification potential, particulate matter, resource depletion, water consumption, fresh water ecotoxicity, ionizing radiation, fossil fuel consumption, and ozone depletion. The results showed that the environmental impact of REE production from secondary sources is much lower relative to primary sources. A comparison of conventional and non-conventional REE resources showed that significant impact categories were related to particulate matter formation, abiotic resource depletion, and fossil fuel depletion, which could result from avoiding the tailings disposal before reuse. Based on these findings, governments and stakeholders should be encouraged to increase the recycling of secondary REE sources with Geoethics in mind, in order to balance the high demand of REEs while minimizing the overexploitation of non-renewable resources.

This paper can be cited as follows:

Jouini M., Royer-Lavallée A., Pabst T., Chung E., Kim R., Cheong Y.-W. and Neculita C.M. (2022). Sustainable Production of Rare Earth Elements from Mine Waste and Geoethics. Minerals, 12(7), 809. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12070809. 

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Monday, June 20, 2022

Keynote speech on geoethics at the CGEO 2022 in Portugal


Keynote speech on geoethics at the CGEO 2022 in Portugal

20 June 2022


Silvia Peppoloni
Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General) delivers an online keynote speech, entitled "Geosciences to achieve UN SDGs: The need for geoethics" at the CGEO 2022 Conference.
This event is organized by the Centro de Geociências of the Coimbra University (Portugal) at the Centro Cultural “Elvino Pereira”, Mação (20 June 2022).

Website: 


Video recording:


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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Launch of MinerLima 2022 by IAPG-Peru


Launch of MinerLima 2022
by IAPG-Peru

10 June 2022
(6:30 pm GMT-5)


We are glad to announce that on 10 June 2022, IAPG-Peru will launch the 8th edition of the Mineralogical Exhibition of Peru (MinerLima 2022).

This year the coordinator of this important event will be César Chacaltana (IAPG-Peru, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, INGEMMET).

During MinerLima 2022 courses and conferences, seminars and roundtables, excursions and guided tours, workshops for students, technological, minerals, rocks and fossils exhibitions will be included in the programme.

Information about this event will be published in the dedicated website:


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Friday, May 20, 2022

The issue n. 1 - 2022 of the IAPGeoethics Newsletter is out!


The issue n. 1 - 2022 
of the IAPGeoethics Newsletter is out!


The issue n. 1 - 2022 of the Newsletter of the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics was released on 20 May 2022.

Summary:
  • The "Journal of Geoethics and Social Geosciences" was born and is open access
  • New book “Geoethics: Manifesto for an Ethics of Responsibility Towards the Earth” published by Springer
  • New book “Geoethics in Peru” published in the SpringerBriefs in Geoethics series
  • Programme on Geoethics at the EGU General Assembly 2022
  • IAPG Declaration against war and authoritarianism for the affirmation of human freedom and dignity
  • IAPG has a new Vice-President, Continental Coordinator for North America, IAPG-USA co-Coordinator
  • Welcome to IAPG-Germany
  • Call for abstracts: Session 10.2 "Geoethics – fostering ethical perspectives in Geosciences" at GeoMinKöln 2022
  • IAPG endorsed the Jena Declaration
  • Geoethics Medal 2022: Call for nominations
  • Video: "Ecological crisis and geosciences: the need for geoethics"
  • Video: "Responsible management of water: a resource that recalls us to dialogue"
  • Video: "Geoethics: Bridging geoSTEM and the social sciences"
  • Video: Silvia Peppoloni interviewed for the UN International Day of Women and Girls in Science
  • Video: "4th Roundtable on Geoethics in Peru"
  • IAPG is now partner of the Earth Future Festival (EFF)
  • Peter Bobrowsky awarded by the IUGS
  • Croatian Geological Society supports the Cape Town Statement on Geoethics and provided its translation in Croatian
  • Keynote on Geoethics to face natural risks at NatHaz22
  • Talk on Geoethics in Germany
  • 2nd Peruvian Conference on Geotechnics
  • IAPG supports the Oxford Geoheritage Virtual Conference 2022
  • IAPG supported the First Brazilian Meeting of Geoethics
  • 1st Peruvian Geoscience Olympiad
  • IAPG Annual Report 2021 for the IUGG
  • New article in Sustainability (open access)
  • New article in Frontiers in Political Science (open access)
  • New article in Geosciences (open access)
  • New article in The Future of Science and Ethics (open access, in Italian)
  • Short note in Nature correspondence
  • Articles from the IAPG Blog
  • Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
  • Donations

We invite you to share this post and/or forward the IAPGeoethics Newsletter n. 1 - 2022 to your colleaguesThank you!

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Thursday, May 19, 2022

Talk on Geoethics in Germany


Talk on Geoethics in Germany

28 May 2022
2:30-2:50 pm CEST


Dominic Hildebrandt
Dominic Hildebrandt gives a talk (in German), entitled "Geoethik – kritisches Denken der Problemlöser*innen von morgen" (Geoethics – critical thinking of problem solvers of tomorrow), in the framework of the Bundesfachschaftentagung in Halle an der Saale (Germany). The Bundesfachschaftentagung is a meeting, where student representatives in the Geosciences from Germany, Austria and Switzerland come together for several days to exchange thoughts on student affairs. This time the event is held together with the student representatives in Geography.


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Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Keynote on Geoethics to face natural risks at NatHaz22


Keynote on Geoethics to face natural risks at NatHaz22

26 May 2022


Silvia Peppoloni
Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG Secretary General) gives a keynote speech, entitled "Geoethics to face natural risks by improving societal resilience", at the International Workshop on Natural Hazards (NatHaz22) that will be held in Angra do Heroísmo, Terceira island (Azores).


- Programme (pdf file)

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Monday, May 16, 2022


IAPG programme on geoethics at the EGU General Assembly 2022


IAPG co-sponsors numerous events at the next EGU General Assembly that will be held in hybrid version (on-site and virtual presentations) in Vienna (Austria) next week.

Here below the events (details about each event are available at https://www.geoethics.org/egu2022) that will take place on 23 and 24 May 2022:

Session EOS4.1: Geoethics in the face of global anthropogenic changes: how do we intersect different knowledge domains?
24 May 2022, 13:20–16:34 (CEST), Room 1.14
Conveners: Silvia Peppoloni, Giuseppe Di Capua, John Ludden, Luiz Oosterbeek, Pimnutcha Promduangsri, Billy Williams
Chairpersons: Eduardo Marone, Pimnutcha Promduangsri

Session EOS1.8: Climate & ocean literacy: Helping people to care ethically within planetary boundaries
24 May 2022, 17:00–18:30 (CEST), Room 1.14
Conveners: David Crookall, Giuseppe Di Capua, Bärbel Winkler, Mario Mascagni, Francesca Santoro
Chairpersons: Giuseppe Di Capua, Bärbel Winkler, David Crookall

Townhall Meeting TM8: Exploring the nexus of geoethics and climate change education
24 May 2022, 19:00–20:00 (CEST), Room 1.14
Conveners: Giuseppe Di Capua, David Crookall, Bärbel Winkler, Eduardo Marone, Sabine Undorf, Sylvia Knight

Short Course SC4.1: Geoethics for Earth, Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
23 May 2022, 13:20–14:50 (CEST), Room -2.61/62
Conveners: Eduardo Marone, Silvia Peppoloni

Details about each event are available at: 


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Thursday, May 12, 2022


Talk on Geoethics in Lima (Peru)


Pedro Isique (IAPG-Peru Coordinator) delivers a talk (in Spanish), entitled "Geoethics: A new path of thought and practice of geoscience" on 12 May 2022 (6:00 pm GMT-5), at the auditorium of the School of Geological Engineering of the UNMSM - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima (Peru).


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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Destina il tuo 5 per mille alla IAPG



Destina il tuo 5 per mille alla IAPG

(only for Italian taxpayers)


Sostieni la IAPG: destina il tuo 5 per mille (dichiarazione dei redditi 2021) all’Associazione Internazionale per la Promozione della Geoetica Onlus

Per destinare il tuo 5 per mille basta scrivere il codice fiscale dell’Associazione 97731120586 nello spazio già presente sulla tua dichiarazione dei redditi.

Visita il sito della IAPG: https://www.geoethics.org 

Il tuo sostegno finanziario ci consentirà di continuare a sviluppare le nostre attività finalizzate a sensibilizzare la società sui valori etici, sociali e culturali del sapere geologico, attraverso lo sviluppo di iniziative nel settore dell’educazione alla cultura geoscientifica. 

Rischi naturali, cambiamenti climatici, sfruttamento delle risorse, sostenibilità e altri temi di urgente attenzione sono al centro delle iniziative e attività dell'Associazione.

Il tuo sostegno è indispensabile per promuovere una nuova visione etica del nostro rapporto con la Terra.

Condividi questo appello. Grazie per il tuo sostegno!

Per ulteriori informazioni, contattaci inviando una email a: 
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Thursday, May 5, 2022

Video: "Ecological crisis and geosciences: the need for geoethics" (by Giuseppe Di Capua)


Video:
"Ecological crisis and geosciences: the need for geoethics"

(by Giuseppe Di Capua)


Giuseppe Di Capua (IAPG Treasurer and geologist at National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy) contributed to the "State of the Planet" event organized by the IUGS - International Union of Geological Sciences within the initiatives to celebrate 60 years from the foundation of the IUGS (IUGS60) and the Earth Day 2022. Giuseppe was speaker and panelist at that event.

He delivered a talk entitled "Ecological crisis and geosciences: the need for geoethics".

This event took place on 22 April 2022 - 2:00-4:30 pm (BST)


Download the flyer on this event (pdf file):

Download the flyer on talks (pdf file):

Download the flyer on panel (pdf file):

This event on the IUGS and IUGS60 websites:



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Friday, April 29, 2022


First Brazilian Meeting of Geoethics in Brazil


IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics is a supporting organization of the First Brazilian Meeting of Geoethics in Brazil (in Portuguese), organized by the Geoethics Commission of the Brazilian Geological Society (SBGEO), that will be held online from 9 to 11 May 2022.

Clara Vasconcelos (IAPG-Portugal Coordinator) gives a lecture entitled "Geoethics in Education". Bárbara Zanbelli Azevedo (IAPG Early Career Scientists Team) is panelist in the debate "Geoethics, Mining and Water". 

Lectures and debates will be broadcasted on the Youtube channel of the Brazilian Society of Geology:



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Tuesday, April 26, 2022


EFG Employment Survey


In the annual ‘EFG Employment Survey’, the European Federation of Geologists (EFG) aims at taking a snapshot of the current labour market for geologists in Europe and beyond:
  • Which industries are professional geologists working in?
  • What is their current employment state and security?
  • Do their professional activities align with their training?
  • Are they exploiting job opportunities in other European countries?
  • What are the prospects for the future?
To help EFG produce a comprehensive report about the evolution of profession, it would appreciate if you could take its short survey. This report will be published later this year and provide a clear overview of work opportunities in Europe, helping (future) geoscientists to orientate their studies or career decisions and providing professional associations with a steer on which services to offer to their members.

The survey is available here and answering it will take you approximately 10 minutes: https://bit.ly/3uRn2O0

The EFG and the IAPG have a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) from 2014.

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Monday, April 25, 2022


IAPG is now partner of the Earth Future Festival (EFF)


The Earth Futures Festival aims to raise international awareness of the role of Earth Science (geoscience) in our sustainable future. Geoscience is key to understanding the relationships between the planet’s physical and biological systems, human interaction with the environment and climatic impacts. It is essential to reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, plays a vital role in disaster risk reduction and is critical in achieving the Paris Climate Agreement. The festival is a global collaboration to showcase how geoscience is addressing current sustainability challenges through media, with a key focus on education, diversity and inclusion. The festival aims to educate and inspire others, create diverse role models, motivate positive global change and attract a diverse range of people towards both study and careers in the field of geoscience.

All information about the Earth Future Festival are available on the EFF website. Don't miss this event! 

IAPG is partner of EFF from April 2022. 



Flyer: 

Press release: 


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Friday, April 22, 2022


IAPG celebrates the Earth Day 2022 contributing to the "State of the Planet" event by IUGS

22 April 2022
2:00-4:30 pm (BST)


Happy Earth Day 2022. 

IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics contributes to the "State of the Planet" event organized by the IUGS - International Union of Geological Sciences.

Book your free tickets of this event here: 



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