We promote the philosophy and tradition that education and opportunities for learning should be open, life-long and accessible to all. No previous geological knowledge is needed for any of our classes. We provide classes for both younger learners (7-11 yrs old) and adult learners (12+ yrs)....
what to do with that “whatever they want to do” time. For educators, who are used to and use the didactic model, a framework is needed to assist them with the implementation of the Flipped Classroom. In other words, the message to teachers...
ESG Mining Company Index: Benchmarking the Future of Sustainable Mining The ESG Mining Company Index report provides an in-depth evaluation of ESG performance of 61 of the world's largest mining companies. Using a robust framework, it assesses each company across 9 meticulously weighted indicators ...
Chatting with the locals, including (left to right), environmental activist Ann Hartzell, my two most recent books, me, and an anonymous geologist (right) who stopped by to talk about geology and paleontology. How can you tell he’s a geologist? Note the voluminous but mostly empty stein j...
And this was before my time. We realized quite quickly that our project was close to a key tourist route in Namibia. One of the more important pieces of tourist infrastructure. And so, we needed to engage with the local tourism body. And it was a context where mining and...
So what leads one person to violence but not another? In some cases, it may be the stigma of mental illness that provokes it, by exacerbating existing symptoms of delusion, disconnection from reality, social withdrawal and lack of emotion. A rare insight into the mind of a patient with schi...
The volume Frameworks for Sustainability explains that what is needed is an 'ongoing learning process' of creating a vision, then acting and reviewing changes 'as a change process rather than a message or level that must be achieved'. It's important to move away from 'doom and gloom' and...
A geologist describes the susceptibility of the marble to environmental damage. Finally, a philosopher makes an argument, inconclusive, of course, about whether or not the sculpture is beautiful. Such a symposium would certainly be considered by most “interdisciplinary.” Yet it seems to me that ...
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 ...
discipline in which each discipline makes a separate contribution. Investigators may share facilities and research approaches while working separately on distinct aspects of a problem. For example, an archaeological program might require the participation of a geologist in a role that is primarily ...