As part of the Inspiring Girls project promoted by ValoreD, Silvia Peppoloni, geologist at INGV (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Italy), has been invited as a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) role model to meet primary school students at the Deutsche Schule Rom on the occasion of Earth Day 2026 (22 April).

We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Geoethics Working Group (GWG) of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Silvia Peppoloni will serve as Chair. The Working Group includes David Crookall, Giuseppe Di Capua, Jens Klump, and Ioanna Triantafyllou.

We would like to inform you about the Session on Geoethics (8 oral presentations) at the 78th Turkish Geological Congress, one of Turkey’s oldest scientific events. The congress will be held in Ankara from 13 to 17 April 2026.

The International Association for Promoting Geoethics (IAPG), the Commission on Geoethics of the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS-CG), and the Chair on Geoethics of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH-CG) are co-sponsoring three events on geoethics at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2026 (EGU26)

We promote abstract submission to the following session: ​​Session 1.3: Landslides and Society: Cultural, Educational, Ethical, Social and Policy Aspects in Sustainable Landslide Risk Reduction.

For geoethics in practice, equity is often highlighted for people and communities. It typically refers to everyone having equivalent opportunities in order to overcome varying starting points. For geoethics covering more-than-human entities on planet Earth, rather than off-Earth geoethics, the meaning(s) of this ethical principle of equity (or equities) are not straightforward. Conundrums are immediately evident.

The Journal of Geoethics and Social Geoscience (JGSG) published the first Issue in 2026

We wish to congratulate Silvia Peppoloni on receiving the Distinguished Service Award 2026 from the Geological Society of London (GSL).

This MoA was signed by Malami Uba (GSN President) and Silvia Peppoloni (IAPG President).

The Journal of Geoethics and Social Geoscience (JGSG) published the first open access article in the Special Issue "Geoethics and Social Geosciences in Africa: Challenges, Practices, and Perspectives".