TY - JOUR
T1 - Social geology — integrating sustainability concepts into Earth sciences
AU - Stewart, Iain S.
AU - Gill, Joel C.
PY - 2017/4
Y1 - 2017/4
N2 - Most geologists would argue that geoscientific knowledge, experience, and guidance is critical for addressing many of society's most acute environmental challenges, yet few geologists are directly engaged in current discourses around sustainable development. That is surprising given that several attributes make modern geoscience well placed to make critical contributions to contemporary sustainability thinking. Here, we argue that if geoscientists are to make our know-how relevant to sustainability science, two aspects seem clear. Firstly, the geoscience community needs to substantially broaden its constituency, not only forging interdisciplinary links with other environmental disciplines but also drawing from the human and behavioral sciences. Secondly, the principles and practices of ‘sustainability’ need to be explicitly integrated into geoscience education, training and continued professional development.
AB - Most geologists would argue that geoscientific knowledge, experience, and guidance is critical for addressing many of society's most acute environmental challenges, yet few geologists are directly engaged in current discourses around sustainable development. That is surprising given that several attributes make modern geoscience well placed to make critical contributions to contemporary sustainability thinking. Here, we argue that if geoscientists are to make our know-how relevant to sustainability science, two aspects seem clear. Firstly, the geoscience community needs to substantially broaden its constituency, not only forging interdisciplinary links with other environmental disciplines but also drawing from the human and behavioral sciences. Secondly, the principles and practices of ‘sustainability’ need to be explicitly integrated into geoscience education, training and continued professional development.
UR - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/context/gees-research/article/1314/viewcontent/PGEOLA_D_16_00092R1.pdf
U2 - 10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.01.002
DO - 10.1016/j.pgeola.2017.01.002
M3 - Article
SN - 0016-7878
VL - 128
SP - 165
EP - 172
JO - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
JF - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association
IS - 2
ER -
