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The INTRAW consortium has recently launched three operational reports providing insights on best practices and weaknesses of raw materials research & innovation, education & outreach and industry & trade in the project’s five Reference Countries: Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa and the United States of America.

The findings of these operational reports also contribute to the design of the International Observatory on Raw Materials that is to be launched by the end of 2017. The Observatory will be a permanent international body that will remain operational after the end of the project, aiming at the establishment and maintenance of strong long-term relationships with the world’s key players in raw materials technology and scientific developments.

The operational reports and their summaries are available through the project website at http://intraw.eu/publications/. We also invite you to follow the project’s seven-weeks-long social media campaign that provides further insights into the operational reports on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.

AGI Photo Contest

Alexandria, VA - The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) once again  is sponsoring a photo contest in celebration of Earth Science Week (October 8-14, 2017). What’s more, the contest, which honors this year's event theme of "Earth and Human Activity," features a new twist.

Students, geoscientists, and the general public are invited to submit entries for this year's photography contest, titled "Earth and Human Activity Here." Entries should show ways people affect, or are affected by, Earth systems in their local communities.

New to this year’s photo contest, AGI and Earth Science Week present the “Earth and Human Activity Here” Photo Map, now online at http://www.earthsciweek.org/content/earth-and-human-activity-here-photo-map. Select entries will be featured on the map, linked to the location of origin.

“We hope this innovation will serve as a powerful educational resource, fueling discussions in classrooms and other settings,” says AGI Outreach Manager Geoff Camphire. “As entries pour in throughout the year, we will continue populating the map with examples of ways that people interact with Earth systems where they live. Program participants, students, and teachers are invited to visit the website and view the wide variety of forms these interactions take.”

Selected winners will be awarded for their submissions. For guidelines and details, including how to submit your photos and what information should be included with your submissions, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/contests.

Congratulations to AIPG's 25-year members

We are sending out packets to those CPGs who have been members of AIPG for 25 years. Each packet includes a letter, certificate, and a 25-year CPG pin. Please accept this small token of appreciate for your 25 years of active support!

Here is a list of our 25-year members. We look forward to your continued support of AIPG, and we wish you many more years of successful practice as a professional geologist.
 

Letter from AIPG CPG Member

I wish to inform AIPG that I received my NY State Professional Geologist License on April 11, 2017. I am the first civil service geologist employed by the City of NY to receive the NYS PG.

Barry A. Schwartz, PG
CPM II/Project Manager
NYC Department of Design & Construction
Program Management Divison/Site Engineering & Topographical Services
Long Island City, NY
Member: AIPG, AEG, NYSCPG, LI APG, AAS
 

Applications sought for Wyoming State Geologist

The State of Wyoming is seeking applicants for a six-year appointment to the cabinet level position of State Geologist/Director of the Wyoming State Geological Survey, based in Laramie, Wyoming. The State Geologist is the chief administrator of the Wyoming Geological Survey, as well as a member of various boards, commissions and groups in Wyoming. The applicant must meet statutory requirements as per Wyoming Statute §9-2-801 through §9-2-810. Resumés accepted until position filled.

For further details or a full job description, contact Colin McKee, at the Wyoming Governor's office, at 307-777-7930 or colin.mckee@wyo.gov.
 

INTRAW operational reports: identifying best practices to boost international cooperation in the raw materials sector

PRESS RELEASE | BRUSSELS | APRIL 2017 – The INTRAW project consortium recently launched three operational reports providing insights on best practices and weaknesses of raw materials research & innovation, education & outreach and industry & trade in the five Reference Countries: Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa and the United States of America.

The EU-funded INTRAW project was launched in 2015 with the aim of mapping best practices and boosting cooperation opportunities related to raw materials between the EU and five technologically advanced non-EU countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa and the United States).

The project consortium now presents three reports that focus on raw materials research & innovation, education & outreach or industry & trade, in the five Reference Countries. These three reports underpin the development of a better understanding of the achievements made in these five countries in relation to the entire raw materials value chain. The operational report on research & innovation describes and compares the different innovation systems in Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa and the United States, comprising – among others - the main role players, institutions and policies that drive research and innovation in the raw materials sector. The raw materials educational context in each of the Reference Countries is mapped in the operational analysis of education & outreach. The report on industry & trade notably includes the characterisation of industrial clusters related to raw materials in these countries and the way these clusters affect trade and global competition.

The findings of these operational reports also contribute to the design of the EU International Observatory on Raw Materials that is to be launched by the end of 2017. The Observatory will be a permanent international body that will remain operational after the end of the project, aiming at the establishment and maintenance of strong long-term relationships with the world’s key players in raw materials technology and scientific developments.
The operational reports and their summaries are available through the project website at http://intraw.eu/publications/. As a next step, INTRAW will launch, in the coming weeks, three scenarios describing the world of raw materials in 2050.

For more information: http://intraw.eu

Volunteers needed for AIPG booth at GSA Regional Meetings

AIPG will be exhibiting at the GSA Regional Meetings. AIPG Headquarters is looking for volunteers to help staff our display booth. If you would like to volunteer, please email the AIPG Headquarters office at aipg@aipg.org or use the online Volunteer Sign Up app (links provided below).

• May 23–25: GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting, Honolulu — Volunteer Sign Up

This provides us with an excellent opportunity for public outreach. This is a great chance to build our membership and talk about the benefits of AIPG. Thank you for your assistance and support! Our volunteers help AIPG accomplish goals that we could not reach without them.

AGI’s Critical Issues Program – Pioneering a new approach to sharing societally-relevant science with state and local decision makers

The American Geosciences Institute’s Critical Issues program (www.americangeosciences.org/critical-issues) provides accessible, decision-relevant information on issues at the intersection of the geosciences and society. The program aims to support connections and communication between the geoscience community and decision makers. Although the program caters to decision makers at all levels, it particularly focuses on state and local decision makers because these stakeholders are commonly underserved by geoscience policy efforts.

The Arizona Geological Survey released an Arizona Geology e-NewMagazine article detailing AGI’s Critical Issues Program’s efforts to pioneer a new approach for sharing societally-relevant science with state and local decision makers. The project comprises a web-based platform of resources bringing the expertise of the geoscience community to decision makers.

Link to article:  http://repository.azgs.az.gov/sites/default/files/dlio/files/nid1709/agi_critical_issues4-final.pdf
 

AIPG Journal The Professional Geologist (TPG) — student themed issue

·  January/February/March — digital version available
·  E-article
·  Table of Contents

AIPG 2017 National Awards

The AIPG National Awards will be presented at the Awards Dinner on September 25th in Nashville, Tennessee at the Marriott Hotel during the AIPG Annual National Conference. The awardees are: Ben H. Parker Memorial Medal - Stephen Testa, CPG (CA); Martin Van Couvering Memorial Award - Mike Lawless, CPG (VA); John T. Galey, Sr., Public Memorial Service Award - Jonathan Arthur, MEM (FL); Award of Honorary Membership - Dennis McGrath, CPG, (NY); Section Leadership Awards: Jayne Englebert, CPG, (WI), Dawn Garcia, CPG, (AZ), Curtis Hudak, CPG, (MN), Ron Wallace, CPG, (GA), and Robert Zierenberg, MEM, (CA).
 

AIPG 2018 National Officer Candidates

The ballot for the AIPG 2018 National Officers will be available electronically in May and the paper ballot will be included in the AIPG April/May/June issue of  "The Professional Geologist" (TPG). The candidates are: 2018 President Elect - Todd McFarland, CPG (TN) and Keri Nutter, CPG (AK); 2018 Vice President - Jeff Frederick, CPG (N.E.) and Christine Lilek, CPG (WI), and 2018/2019 Secretary - Kevin Gooding, CPG (HI) and Anne Murray, CPG (FL).
 

AGI Geopolicy Working Group (GWG) Transition Document (posted 2/13/2017/updated 3/21/2017)

Geoscience Policy Recommendations for the New Administration and the 115^th Congress

Geoscience Policy works with AGI member societies and policy makers to provide a focused voice for the shared interests of the geoscience profession in the federal policy process. Geoscience Policy tracks and analyzes policy issues; updates the geoscience community through news briefs that cover federal legislation, appropriations, and hearings; organizes meetings, briefings, testimony and written submissions on geoscience policy issues.

Geoscience Policy Monthly Review

The Monthly Review is part of a continuing effort to improve communications about the role of geoscience in policy.
Current and archived monthly reviews are available online. Subscribe to receive the Monthly Review directly.

Earth Science Week (4/3/17)

Earth Science Week 2017 Contests Announced
Geoff Camphire (gac@americangeosciences.org)
3/29/2017

Alexandria, VA - In celebration of Earth Science Week 2017, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is sponsoring four contests honoring this year's theme, "Earth and Human Activity." This year's competition will feature contests in photography, visual arts, essay writing, and video production. Students, geoscientists, and the general public are invited to participate in this year's photography contest, "Earth and Human Activity Here." Entries must be composed of original, unpublished material, and show ways people affect, or are affected by, Earth systems in their local communities.

This year's visual arts contest, "People and the Planet," is open to students in grades K-5. Can you create a picture that shows how human activities shape, and are shaped by, Earth systems? Use artwork to show "people and the planet" in the world that you know. Students in grades 6 through 9 may participate in the essay contest. This year's essays must address the idea of "Human Interaction With Earth Systems." Focusing on one area of human life, explain how geoscience helps us to make the most of opportunities and manage challenges.

Finally, AGI invites educators and their students to enter the "Earth Connections" video contest. Individuals or teams will submit a brief, original video that tells viewers how people affect Earth systems, or how Earth systems affect people, in your part of the world.

Selected winners will be awarded for their submissions. For guidelines and details, please visit http://www.earthsciweek.org/contests
http://www.americangeosciences.org/

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INTRAW scenario workshop: the world of raw materials in 2050 (posted 2/14/2017)

PRESS RELEASE | BRUSSELS | DECEMBER 2016 – In the framework of the first EU raw materials week, the INTRAW project consortium organised, on 30 November 2016, a scenario workshop in Brussels where three scenarios describing the world of raw materials in 2050 were discussed. Read more...

INTRAW scenario workshop: the world of raw materials in 2050 - (posted 12/12/16)

PRESS RELEASE | BRUSSELS | DECEMBER 2016 – In the framework of the first EU raw materials week, the INTRAW project consortium organised, on 30 November 2016, a scenario workshop in Brussels where three scenarios describing the world of raw materials in 2050 were discussed.

The EU-funded INTRAW project was launched in early 2015 with the aim of mapping best practices and boosting cooperation opportunities related to raw materials between the EU and five technologically advanced non-EU countries (Australia, Canada, Japan, South Africa and the United States). Read more

INTRAW PROJECT – SECOND JOINT PANELS OF EXPERTS WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONAL RAW MATERIALS COOPERATION

PRESS RELEASE | BRUSSELS | OCTOBER 2016 – The experts involved in the EU?]funded INTRAW project gathered in Cornwall (UK) from 5 to 7 October 2016 for their second workshop in order to provide the project consortium with suggestions on how to enhance the European Union’ International Observatory for Raw Materials that will be launched by the end of the project’ lifetime. Read more