Two new JGSG articles on Mary Elizabeth Horner Lyell and Mary Anning.

We celebrate the 9th edition of the International Geoethics Day on 16 October 2025. The theme of this year is "geoethics for a sustainable energy future".

The IAPG – International Association for Promoting Geoethics – is proud to co-sponsor and contribute to two major events this September. These occasions represent important milestones for the geoscience community and provide platforms to address sustainability, ethics, and the future of raw materials and engineering geology.

We invite contributions that critically reflect on how geoethics and social geosciences can inform and improve the practice, governance, and societal impact of geosciences in Africa.

The Board of Scholars of the Chair on Geoethics of the International Council for Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH) is now active. This Board is formed by scientists and scholars with diverse disciplinary backgrounds.

Workshop "Developing Geoethical Judgment: Cases That Could Happen to Us – What to Do?", organized by IAPG-Chile/Geoethics Specialist Group of the Geological Society of Chile (SGCh).

Lencina, R., and Solsona, M.N., (2025). The influence of geoethics on the professional activity of the Earth sciences. Journal of Geoethics and Social Geosciences, 1(2), 1-46. https://doi.org/10.13127/jgsg-75

Di Bucci, D., Franceschetti, C., and Postiglione, I. (2025). 30 years of women in science in Italy through the lens of the Major Risks Commission. Journal of Geoethics and Social Geosciences, 3(Special Issue), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.13127/jgsg-84

Geoethics examines the ethics of human and Earth interactions. Topics range from planetary-scale modifications for stopping human-caused climate change through to creating local micropollution for improving livelihoods. All subjects also apply to human interests away from the Earth, including spaceships, space stations, other planets, moons, and stars.

This session will be a discussion of Te Tiriti compliance in geological sampling and recognising data as a Taonga, something to be treated with care and respect.