We are proud to inform that a new great book on geoethics (20 chapters, 34 authors) has been just printed:
Di Capua G., Bobrowsky P.T., Kieffer S.W. and Palinkas C. (2021). Geoethics: Status and Future Perspectives. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 508, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP508.
This is the second volume focused on geoethics published by the Geological Society of London. This is a significant step forward in which authors address the maturation of geoethics. The field of geoethics is now ready to be introduced outside the geoscience community as a logical platform for global ethics that addresses anthropogenic changes. Geoethics has a distinction in the geoscientific community for discussing ethical, social and cultural implications of geoscience knowledge, research, practice, education and communication. This provides a common ground for confronting ideas, experiences and proposals on how geosciences can supply additional service to society in order to improve the way humans interact responsibly with the Earth system. This book provides new messages to geoscientists, social scientists, intellectuals, law- and decision-makers, and laypeople. Motivations and actions for facing global anthropogenic changes and their intense impacts on the planet need to be governed by an ethical framework capable of merging a solid conceptual structure with pragmatic approaches based on geoscientific knowledge. This philosophy defines geoethics.
This book is dedicated to Jan Boon.
Chapters:
DI CAPUA G., BOBROWSKY P.T., KIEFFER S.W. AND PALINKAS C.
Introduction: geoethics goes beyond the geoscience profession
(open access)
PEPPOLONI, S. AND DI CAPUA, G.
Geoethics as global ethics to face grand challenges for humanity
BOHLE, M.
Geo-societal sense-making
KEANE, C.M. AND ASHER, P.
Addressing the geoethics skills gap through co-curricular approaches
CRONIN, V.S.
Geoethics as a common thread that can bind a geoscience department together
MOGK, D.W.
The intersection of geoethics and diversity in the geosciences
BONHAM, O. AND WALDIE, A.
Geoscience, ethics and enforcement
DAWSON, L.A., DI MAGGIO, R.M., MCKINLEY, J., DI CAPUA, G., PEPPOLONI, S. AND PRINGLE, J.
A proposal for a white paper on geoethics in forensic geology
FERNÁNDEZ-FUENTES, I., CORREIA, V. AND NEUMANN, M.
The importance of professional regulation of geoscientists and their role in a fast-changing world
OVADIA, D.C. AND O’CONNOR, E.A.
International geoscience cooperation – fair and equitable?
BOON, J.
Sociology for mineral exploration
BILHAM, N.
Responsible mining and responsible sourcing of minerals: opportunities and challenges for cooperation across value chains
MUDD, G.M.
Sustainable/responsible mining and ethical issues related to the sustainable development goals
GROENFELDT, D.
Ethical considerations in managing the hydrosphere: an overview of water ethics
BELLAUBI, F. AND ARASA, A.
Geoethics in groundwater management: the geoethical dilemma in la galera aquifer
OBONI, F. AND OBONI, C.H.
Holistic geoethical slopes’ portfolio risk assessment
CERASE, A.
From ‘good’ intuitions to principled practices and beyond: ethical issues in risk communication
STEWART, I.S. AND HURTH, V.
Selling Planet Earth: re-purposing geoscience communications
WUEBBLES, D.J.
Ethics in Climate Change: A Climate Scientist’s Perspective
MCLEAN, M.R.
Reaching out from Earth to the stars
A great thank to all the reviewers of the book chapters:
Ruth Allington, Beth Bartel, Martin Bohle, Jan Boon, Edoardo Borgomeo, Daniela Di Bucci, Vincent S. Cronin, Erle Ellis, Robert Frodeman, Armin Grunwald, Linda Gundersen, Fausto Guzzetti, Jill L. Karsten, Christopher Keane, Helio A. Lazarim, Eduardo Marone, Ellen Pletcher Metzger, David W. Mogk, David Craig Ovadia, Roberto Lencina, Silvia Peppoloni, Rika Preiser, Ortwin Renn and Mike Stephenson.
This book on the GSL (Lyell Collection) website:
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Other books on geoethics in the IAPG website:
IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics:
https://www.geoethics.org
