Real progress comes from everyday actions; in how we collaborate, who we include, and whose voices are heard.
Do you have any more tips or suggestions? Add them here!
#WorldEarthDay #OurPowerOurPlanet #Geoscience #Inclusion #EDI #Sustainability #Representation
🔧 Take action (examples)
• Apply inclusive practices in fieldwork, events, and hiring
• Support mentoring and sponsorship within your networks
• Share platforms and amplify underrepresented voices & challenge exclusionary actions
• Take time to learn and challenge yourself
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Without this, we risk missing critical insights and reinforcing the very inequalities that environmental challenges often amplify.
🌱 Building representation in geoscience is part of protecting our planet. If you are looking to learn and take action, here are some starting points:
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In geoscience, that power is closely linked to who is represented. The decisions we make about resources, energy, land, environment, and more are stronger when they reflect diverse perspectives, lived experiences, and local knowledge.
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🌍 World Earth Day 2026 - Our Power, Our Planet
This year’s World Earth Day theme reminds us that protecting our planet is not driven by a single decision or moment. It is shaped by the collective actions of people, communities, and sectors every day.
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Whether you are early in your career or have years of experience, there are many ways to get involved!
🔗 Take our volunteer survey: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... . The volunteer call will stay open until the 15th of April!
#Geoscience #Geology #EDI #Volunteering #Inclusion #EDIG #Community
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EDIG is a global, volunteer-led initiative that strives to create space for:
• sharing knowledge and lived experience,
• developing practical resources and guidance, and
• supporting inclusive practices across geoscience and related sectors.
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Graphic for showcasing the EDIG 2026 volunteer call. The image has a beige/grey background, with the EDIG logo (Earth held up by hands) in the centre, and the text 'Volunteer with us!' underneath in green.
📣 📣 Volunteer call!
At EDIG, we believe that meaningful change in geoscience comes from people working together across disciplines, backgrounds, and experiences.
As our community continues to grow, we are looking for new volunteers to help shape and deliver our next phase of activity.
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Black-and-white close-up portrait photograph of Elsie MacGill, the pioneering Canadian aeronautical engineer known as the “Queen of the Hurricanes.” Shown from the shoulders up, she has short, wavy light hair, wears thin round wire-rimmed glasses, and a light collared blouse under a darker jacket, looking slightly toward the camera with a calm, neutral expression against a plain studio background.
Elsie MacGill was the first woman in the world to earn a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering (1929).
The "Queen of the Hurricanes" was a pioneering Canadian aircraft designer who led production of the Hawker Hurricane fighter planes during #WWII. She was born #OTD in 1905.
#WomenInSTEM
📢Happening today!
🗣️Our Member Laura Nyirinkindi will speak at the online event "Gender, Care and Discrimination: Why The Conversation Matters in Leprosy," organized by the UN Special Rapporteur on Leprosy.
🗓️Today, 27 March
⏰13:30 CET
📍Zoom
🔗Join us on Zoom: tinyurl.com/h6c3vzhb
Rose Dieng-Kuntz would have been 70 years old today. The first African woman admitted to the Ecole Polytechnique, she soon rose to the top rank of computer scientists through her work on the semantic web and research on parallelism and ontology in early AI systems.
#WomenInSTEM #WHM #CompSci 💻
#NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek2026 #CelebrateNeurodiversity #InclusionMatters #NeurodiversePride #DiversityIsStrength #EDIG #EDIinGeoscience #Accessibility #Geoscience #Geology #EquityAndInclusion #EquityAndDiversity #Diversity #Belonging #Resources
Building a more inclusive geoscience community takes awareness, collaboration, and action. This is a great time to learn something new - and share it with others.
🌏 Do you have any more useful resources? Share them here!
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▪️"Autistic voices in higher education: lessons from U.K. geoscience students to inform inclusive practices for neurodiverse learners" lnkd.in/eYKZctKP
▪️"Neurodiversity And Disability In Geotechnical And Geoenvironmental Engineering Sector – Embracing Difference" lnkd.in/eJ2QiVrv
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▪️"“Nothing about us without us:” The perspectives of autistic geoscientists on inclusive instructional practices in geoscience education" lnkd.in/dAeqrG-a
▪️"Autistic voices are an overlooked minority in geosciences" lnkd.in/eXwNvzm7
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▪️"Neurodivergent perspectives in geoscience: Reflections from the development of paleontology museum educational materials" lnkd.in/dE4FN9-u
▪️"The Neurodiversity Approach(es): What Are They and What Do They Mean for Researchers?" lnkd.in/dHEVx-nk
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▪️"Neurodiversity: An Important Axis of Diversity in Ocean Sciences" lnkd.in/dWpQnAum
▪️"The Unseen Journey: Field Trips from a Neurodivergent Viewpoint" lnkd.in/dwtWByPb
▪️"Empowering autistic learners in geosciences" lnkd.in/dkmqjQcB
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Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a time to raise awareness, challenge misconceptions, and create a more accessible and inclusive community.
Below are some resources to help start your learning journey and consider solutions to barriers. Now is the time to listen, learn, and act.
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📣 In celebration of last week's Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2026, we would like to share some resources that have helped us to learn and reflect.
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Do you have any more useful resources? Share them here!
#EDI #EDIG #EquityAndInclusion #EquityAndDiversity #Diversity #Belonging #Resources #Accessibility #EDIinGeoscience #Geoscience #Geology #IWD #InternationalWomensDay
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These resources are aimed at helping create more inclusive and accessible environments.
Building a more inclusive geoscience community takes awareness, collaboration, and action. This is a great time to learn something new - and share it with others.
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- Gender equality in the geosciences: is it a numbers game?: blogs.egu.eu/geolog/2016/...
- To advance equality for women, use the evidence: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
- Women scientists sexually harassed while doing fieldwork: www.nature.com/articles/nat...
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-Applying an intersectionality lens to expand equity in geosciences: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
-An academic mother’s wish list: 12 things universities need: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
-Where are the women geoscientist professors? agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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- "Maybe this is just not the place for me:" Gender harassment and discrimination in the geosciences: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
- Removing Gender Barriers to Career Progression in the Geosciences: www.geosociety.org/GSA/gsa/posi...
- Mums in Geoscience: mumsingeosciences.com
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If you would like to learn more, here are some useful starting points. But there are many other resources - take time to research and learn. We are all on this journey together.
🌏 Resources:
- Removing Gender Barriers to Career Progression in the Geosciences: www.geosociety.org/GSA/gsa/posi...
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📣 In celebration of yesterday's International Women's Day, let us all take a moment to listen, reflect, and take action.
International Women's Day is a moment to acknowledge the progress we have made, but also the barriers that shape careers, experiences, and connections in geology and beyond.
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Find out more about the WIM Success Lab here:
wimalliance.org/wim-success-...
Congratulations to everyone involved in bringing the WIM Success Lab to life. We are excited to see the impact it will have!
#WIMSuccessLab #WomenInMining #EDIG #EquityAndInclusion
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At EDIG, we believe meaningful change happens when people come together to share knowledge and build capability collectively. We are proud to have had our members contribute to this programme!
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We are delighted to share the WIM Success Lab - a new initiative by the International WIM Alliance. 🌏
The WIM Success Lab is an incredible new initiative designed to bring together lived experience and structured learning. It is built to be accessible and relevant to the minerals industry. ⚒️
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It’s the International Day of Women and Girls in Science! We’re proud of the women who work to improve our collective understanding of the universe—from coral reefs to Earth’s atmosphere to exoplanets.
Here are a few of the #WomenInSTEM we’ve highlighted in our career issue over the years. #IDWGIS
