7 A Change in Focus for Sustainability in Geoscience Education

This session explores innovative multi-disciplinary structural and institutional strategies to incorporate sustainability and Geoethics, Geoheritage, cultural-environmental interactions, and traditional knowledge into Geoscience education, making it more dynamic and appealing.

Sunday, 19 October 2025
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
HBGCC, 214B

Participants

• Chair Lisa Chaddock
• Chair Ellen Metzger
• Chair Jeffrey K. Greenberg
• Chair Tricia R. Sears

Presentations

• 8:10 AM
  To Protect and Value Geo-collections for Future Generations
  Stefano DOMINICI, University of Florence, Firenze and Ester SZTEIN, Geological Society of America, Washington, DC and Mathias HARZHAUSER, Natural History Museum of Vienna, Vienna and Kerstin LEHNERT, Columbia University, Palisades, New York
  412851 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:25 AM
  Integrating the Four-Dimensional Ecology Education Framework into the Food-Energy-Water Nexus: A Case Study Assignment for Higher Education
  Jennifer Bernstein, Tarleton State University, Stephensville, Texas
  412731 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  Shifting the Appeal: Using Sustainability to Build Motivation for Pre-College Geoscience Learning
  Edward Robeck, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA and Lauren Brase, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA and Lindsay Mossa, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA and Sequoyah McGee, American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA
  414371 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:55 AM
  Implementation and evaluation of course models that integrate scientific and humanistic perspectives for the development of multidisciplinary skills in geoscience students
  Hugo Gutierrez-Jurado, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas and Sharon Locke, Southern Illinois Univ Edwardsville, Environmental Sciences & STEM Center, Edwardsville, IL and Robyn Roberts, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado and Kathleen Vongsathorn, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois and Tracy Wacker, Independent Educational Consulting, Flint, Michigan and Luis Mendez-Barroso, Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora and Agustin Robles-Morua, Instituto Tecnologico de Sonora, Ciudad Obregon, Sonora
  414660 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:20 AM
  Predictive Analysis of Tropical Crop Cultivation in Eastern Thailand Caused By the Effects of COVID-19 and Climate Change
  Jackson Williams, UNC Charlotte, Atkins Lib/Serials Dept, Charlotte, NC and Nichole Seward, UNC Charlotte, Atkins Lib, Charlotte, North Carolina and Catherine Jones, UNC Charlotte, Atkins Lib, Charlotte, North Carolina and Karen Regalado, UNC Charlotte, Atkins Lib, Charlotte, North Carolina and Ryan Carter, UNC Charlotte, Atkins Lib, Charlotte, North Carolina and Eleanor Ahdieh, UNC Charlotte, Atkins Lib, Charlotte, North Carolina
  413525 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:35 AM
  Indigenous water management under global changes: The dilemma of the modernization of water technologies in the Moroccan arid landscapes.
  Athmane Khettouch, International Water Research Institute, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, 43150 Ben Guerir, Morocco, Ben Guerir and Yassine Ait Brahim, International Water Research Institute, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, 43150 Ben Guerir, Morocco, Ben Guerir and Mohammed Hssaisoune, International Water Research Institute, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, 43150 Ben Guerir, Morocco, Ben Guerir and Lhoussaine Bouchaou, International Water Research Institute, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, 43150 Ben Guerir, Morocco, Ben Guerir
  412261 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:50 AM
  Geodiversity, geoheritage and education in geosciences through the Sacred Triangle UNESCO Global Geopark Project, MEXICO
  Gerardo Aguirre-Díaz, Instituto de Geociencias UNAM, Querétaro, Select One... and Franco Pielli-Espinosa, UMDI-Facultad de Ciencias Juriquilla, Querétaro, Select One... and Geraldine Vázquez-Alarcón, UMDI-Facultad de Ciencias Juriquilla, Querétaro, Select One...
  414955 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:05 AM
  A Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) Comic Book Created to Sustain Texas STEM and Public Acceptance: Carbon-nots to the Rescue!
  Dolores van der Kolk, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin, Austin, TX and Francine Mastrangelo, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin, Austin, TX and Susan Hovorka, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin, Austin, TX and Valerie Tran, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin, Austin, TX and Angela Luciano, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, UT Austin, Austin, TX
  413959 (Technical Sessions)