Setting the Scene

Böhle, Martin; Capua, Giuseppe Di

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-12010-8_1

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“…The intention was to develop knowledge in geoethics and its connection with various topics relevant to promoting the Earth system and SDGs. The literature reveals the need to teach the Earth system approach [6,7,52] to geoscience students who need that knowledge to develop geoethics values and principles to apply in daily life and their profession.…”

Section: Geoethics Syllabus: the Intervention Programmementioning

confidence: 99%

“…To better understand the impact of human actions on the Earth system, it should be noted that it comprises five distinct subsystems-atmosphere, biosphere, cryosphere, geosphere, and hydrosphere. The last is interdependent and shares cycles of matter and energy flow [1,6], demonstrating a deep interconnection. This particularity results in the fact that actions taken in one of the subsystems will affect the others.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Geoethics Syllabus for Higher Education: Evaluation of an Intervention Programme

Vasconcelos,

Cardoso,

Ribeiro

2023

Geosciences

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Geoethics is a field of knowledge currently in full development. Researchers in geoethics are primarily concerned with the anthropogenic interaction with the Earth system. Due to its nature, geoethics holds particular importance in sustainable development due to its nature as it aims to promote ethical human behaviour that does not negatively impact the Earth system. In the present research, we implemented an intervention program addressing various issues related to the sustainability of the Earth system, such as the exploitation of geological resources, the management of geological risks, and the conservation and promotion of geopatrimony. The intervention program was applied to higher education students in the geosciences field. A sample of 90 students from various geosciences courses completed an initial questionnaire, revealing limited knowledge about geoethics. This study resorted to mixed-method research involving interviews with some students who volunteered (n = 52). The results showed that after applying the intervention programme, most students developed a deeper understanding of the topics addressed and recognised the contributions this scientific area can make to sustainable development. Additional research in geoethics education is essential to foster the integration of geoethics into the curricula of higher education institutions.

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Section: Geoethics Syllabus: the Intervention Programmementioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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A Geoethics Syllabus for Higher Education: Evaluation of an Intervention Programme

Vasconcelos,

Cardoso,

Ribeiro

2023

Geosciences

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“…Subsequently, the ethics of science gained relevance as a deontology and a societal feature [80,81]. Within that societal context, the explicit ethics of geosciences is a relatively recent field [82], though with multiple precursors, such as Leopold [83]. Subsequently, the sociohistorical conditions matured, first to acknowledge anthropogenic global change, and second to consider ethical frameworks (like geoethics), which also consider the abiotic compartment of Earth as a distinct feature of the human condition [84,85].…”

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“…A dedicated school of thinking is found [108,109] that has its roots in problems related to mineral extraction as they were analyzed in the 1990s, mainly by scholars from Eastern Europe [110]. This school of thinking applies environmental ethics in geosciences and planetary sciences [82,111] (p. 13). The peculiarity of that school of thinking within environmental ethics is the study subject, namely, the abiotic process on Earth and other planets.…”

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Geoethics, a Branding for Sustainable Practices

Böhle

Marone

2021

Sustainability

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In struggles for cultural leadership, advocating a paradigm helps to disseminate, for example, a style of life, thinking, or common practices. Promoting a practice, that is, branding it, includes the use of a simple name or symbol (semiotic sign). Within geosciences, the label “geoethics” refers to a school of thought that uses established philosophical concepts to promote responsible professional practices. The outcomes that are available aggregate to a more general paradigm that calls for geocentric human practices. The label geoethics also sounds like a brand for those practices. As analysis shows, the notion of geoethics is not univocal. At first sight, that feature hinders using it as a brand for geocentric practices. However, the successful branding of the concept of sustainability, as a scientific and public paradigm, indicates the opposite. Although the notion of sustainability aggregates various concepts and is not univocal, it illustrates what cultural leadership can be achieved when a concept, paradigm, and brand use the same semiotic sign (name). Therefore, it is suggested that the school of thought, Geoethics, with its dedicated reference to the specific societal use of geosciences, should also be used as a brand: geoethics, the general application of geoethical thinking to promote geocentric human practices.

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“…The geoethical approach proposes to develop geoscientist practices that are guided by honesty, integrity, and transparency and are free from conflicts of interest. When communicating information about natural hazards, geoscientists should use a language understandable to the end user, which simplifies concepts while ensuring scientific accuracy and maintains a clear distinction between facts and interpretations or opinions (Bobrowsky et al, 2017;Bohle and Di Capua, 2019), and respects conflicting ideas (Bobrowsky et al, 2017). These principles should be actively applied in professional settings (Gundersen, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating geoethics in tertiary education: a strategy for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Villacorta,

Pinto,

Camprubí

et al. 2024

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Setting the Scene

Cited by 14 publications

References 110 publications

A Geoethics Syllabus for Higher Education: Evaluation of an Intervention Programme

A Geoethics Syllabus for Higher Education: Evaluation of an Intervention Programme

Geoethics, a Branding for Sustainable Practices

Integrating geoethics in tertiary education: a strategy for sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean

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