International Year of Plant Earth e-Newsletter


	January / February 2009 Issue
	Celebrating the International Year of Planet Earth Event Update

Sign-up to Stay Informed About IYPE! You must sign up to receive this e-newsletter, which will be sent six times per year with IYPE U.S. and global updates.	Earth Sciences for Society! The overall goal of the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) is to draw attention to the benefits of the earth sciences for society. View events in 76 participating countries and Join the Celebration! Goals of the International Year of Planet Earth: Reduce risks to society caused by natural and human-induced hazards Reduce health problems by improving the understanding of the medical aspects of earth science Discover new natural resources and make available in a sustainable manner Build safer structures and expand urban areas utilizing natural subsurface conditions Determine the non-human factors in climatic change Enhance the understanding of occurrences of natural resources in order to contribute to efforts to reduce political tension Detect deep and poorly accessible groundwater resources Improve the understanding of the evolution of life Increase interest in the earth sciences in society at large Encourage more young people to study the earth sciences at universities IYPE Global Web site: www.yearofplanetearth.com

U.S. IYPE Sponsors: Baird Petro New Dominion, LLC Geological Society of America U.S. Geological Survey National Science Foundation	Celebrating IYPE in the United States The U.S National Committee is sponsoring an earth science lectures series, with grant support from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Geological Survey. Through partnerships with museums, universities, and other science organizations, geoscience lectures and events are being sponsored thoughout the U.S. on subjects such as climate change, satellite imagry, and erosion. If your science organization has plans to host an earth science public lecture, contact the U.S. National Committee for potential sponsorship dollars. The U.S. National Committee for International Year of Planet Earth is working to raise awareness of the goals of IYPE in the United States. The committee is comprised of representatives of 19 U.S.-based geoscience organizations. U.S. National Committee Participating Organizations: American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Association of American State Geologists (AASG) Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE) American Geological Institute (AGI) American Geophysical Union (AGU) American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG) Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG) Bruce Museum of Arts and Science The Geological Society of America (GSA) Houston Geological Society (HGS) International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Ground Water Association (NGWA) North American Committee for Stratigraphic Nomenclature (NACSN) Northeastern Science Foundation (NESF) Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) United States Geological Survey (USGS)

	Celebrating IYPE around The Globe Mexico The Mexico National Committee for IYPE has many on-going activities, including an outreach campaign for school children as well as a collection of books in Spanish containing easy-to-understand science experiments to help children understand a complex Earth. Inagural Young Earth-Scientists Congress (YES) On 25–28 October in Beijing, China, the Young Earth-Scientists for Society network will be hosting the first world congress for young earth-scientists for geoscience professionals and students under the age of 35. The congress will attract policy makers, industry, and decision makers to present and participate in discussions with young scientists on what the future holds in the geosciences. The YES Congress provides an excellent opportunity to bring young scientists from around the world to represent the next generation of geoscientists and to network with peers and decision makers.

	IYPE Global Happenings and Events 16–20 March 2009, La Habana, Cuba III Cuban Earth Science Convention and Exhibitions — Earth Science for the Society, in particular new knowledge about the Geology, Mining, and Geophysics of the Caribbean and Cuba. 23–24 April 2009, Lisbon, Portugal Second International Seminar on Prediction of Earthquakes 14–20 June 2009, Castellaneta Marina, Italy XIV International Clay Conference 23–30 Aug 2009, Sopron, Hungary IAGA 11th Scientific Assembly 31 Aug–4 Sept 2009, Buenos Aires, Argentina International Association of Geodesy — General Assembly 2009 Stay informed of U.S. events at www.geosociety.org/IYPE/ Associate your U.S. EVENT with the International Year of Planet Earth! Contact Wesley Hill, , at the Geological Society of America (GSA) for information.


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