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In a context in flux, where to the wellestablished movement of goods a more intense movement of persons is added, including different forms of immigration, the needs of society consequently change. Even the increase in population is expected to change the social landscape structurally in the medium to long term. The world population, today just over 7 billion, is growing rapidly, and by 2050 the UN estimates that it will have reached 9.1 billion people. According to the "World Population Prospects" nine countries – India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ethiopia, the United States, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, China and Bangladesh – alone are expected to account for half of the estimated increase worldwide, with a growth forecast that reaches 95% (UN, 2013).

1. Why Geo-Societal Narratives? -- 2.Current Definition and Vision Of Geoethics -- 3.Geo-Ethics Beyond Enmeshment: Critical Reflections on the Post-Humanist Position in the Anthropocene -- 4.After the Permafrost: A Provisional Outline -- 5.A Critique of (Weak) Anthropocentric Geoethics -- 6. Exploring the Relevance of the Spiritual Dimension of the Noosphere in Geoethics -- 7.Dealing with the Subjectivity of the Human-Earth Interdependence. How to promote responsible conducts towards the environment: A Semiotic Cultural Psychological Analysis -- 8.A Copernican Moment: Engaging Economic Ethics in Orchestrating the Geocentric Turn in Economics -- 9.Geoethics: A Reality Check from Media Coverage of the Anthropocen -- 10.Geoethics vs. Geopolitics. Shoring up the Nation in the Anthropocene Cul-De-Sac -- 11.Sustainable Small-Scale Fishing and Artisanal Mining Need Policies Favourable to a Level Playing Field -- 12.Climate Change, Uncertainty and Ethical Superstorms -- 13.GAIA's Futures in The Anthropocene: A Call for Evolutionary Leadership.14- Geo-Scientific Culture and Geoethics.15- Humanistic Geosciences a Cultural and Educational Construction?.16 -- Geosciences and Geoethics in Transition – Research Perspectives from Ethics and Philosophy of Science. A Commentary.

To address complex geoscience questions, communities with a variety of experiences and perspectives are needed in local workplaces and institutions across academia and government. To achieve this goal, geoscience needs leaders who are champions of diversity and who have positive attitudes toward others and act upon these attitudes to become change agents in advancing diversity and creating inclusive environments. We established a professional development workshop, Geo Opportunities for Leadership in Diversity (GOLD) Institutes, to provide geoscience leaders with the tools and skills necessary to be self-reflective of their own ideas and to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in their respective institutions. Our objective was to equip senior geoscientists, who are at the core of local communities of practice (CoPs), with knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion theories and practices to lead change across the discipline. In this preliminary report, we investigate institute participants perceptions of allophilia (love of the other) and identify actions taken by senior geoscientists to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion within local CoPs. Results indicate that senior geoscientists who participated in the institute had high scores on the allophilia scale and took steps to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into their day-to-day activities, and in a few cases created new workplace support structures for diversity and inclusion. Future work will build on these results by refining professional development opportunities that target the needs of geoscience champions of diversity. ; Published online (Publication status)

Cover -- Table of Contents -- Bioenergetics and Biomembranes -- Ecography -- Fluid Mechanics -- Geochemistry -- Geoenvironmental Engineering -- Geological Engineering -- Geoscience Engineering -- Invertebrate Biology -- Mammalian Evolution -- Microbiology -- Natural History -- Parasitology -- Plant and Animal Traces -- Plant Interactions -- Radiation and Biophysics -- Remote Sensing -- Tropical Biology -- Tropical Research -- Vegetation Science -- Wildlife Biology -- Wildlife Diseases -- Wildlife Research -- Index.