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Discover the fascinating world of geosciences through the ENGIE Magazine!
The ENGIE Magazine is an electronic newspaper communicating on the importance of geoscience for society and aiming to promote the variety of geoscience-related career opportunities.
Meeting the next generation of geoscientists at the Researchers’ Night 2020
The ENGIE project organised and implemented side events to the European Researchers’ Night 2020 in 19 countries all across Europe. The themes were dedicated exclusively to geosciences and geo-engineering. The main aim of these events was to raise awareness and curiosity of young people, and especially girls, for geosciences.
ENGIE Webinar #1: Ruth Allington
This spring we are producing a series of webinars where we invite female role models to explain us why they chose a career in geosciences or geo-engineering.
In the first webinar, EFG Past President Ruth Allington shares with us insights about her professional career as an engineering geologist.
RockCheck app – when the rocks make sense
The RockCheck app (original version KamenCheck in Slovenian language) is a digital educational tool that allows you to strengthen the awareness and increase the knowledge about rocks and geology in general.
The Research Language: a “place” for students to become Science popularizers and see how funny Science can be
Are you a teenage student from 12 to 19 years old? Do you think Science is cool and would like to become a scientist? Or else, do you think Science is really boring and has nothing to do you with your life? You must know this: in both cases, Italian researchers are working for you, either in sustaining you in your will to become one of them or to help you understand that Science is useful and, why not?, even fun!
#Tellme11F video challenge
Are you a woman working in geosciences or geo-engineering?
Tell us about your daily work, your current research and why you would encourage girls to become geoscientists or geo-engineers!
Result announcement for video contest
The organisers express their appreciation and special thanks to all participants for entering the contest and submitting their valuable contributions.By the decision of the jury of the contest, the awarded videos are:First placeMariana Gaivoto, PortugalSecond...
Promotion of ENGIE at the annual meeting of the Croatian Geological Society
On December 10th, 2020 an annual meeting of the Croatian Geological Society was held, due to the COVID-19 through the MS Teams platform. The ENGIE project was presented at this occasion.
ENGIE Role Models
Marit BrommerSarah GordonAnjana KhatwaGabriella B. KissIva KolenkovicPetra Kovač-KonradAndrea MindszentyAlina PoloniaGiorgia StasiMónica Sousa
ENGIE Video Contest finalists
Rock on, Girls! Matilda Colombo ItalyGeology Porto do Son Laura Lojo SpainThe language of the universe Antonio Lozano Gonzlez SpainBe a geologist be yourself Mariarita Luodes FinlandMeeting the geologists Mihaela NeshkovskaNorth MacedoniaFun time with fossils of...
The ENGIE presentation video has been launched!
The ENGIE animated video presenting the project and its main objectives has been just published. Watch the video to know more about ENGIE and get involved!
Promotion of the ENGIE project in Zagreb, XV. Gymnasium
On the 9th of November 2020 associates from the Croatian Geological Society (ENGIE Linked Third Party) and the Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering (partner of the ENGIE Project), presented the ENGIE project in one of the best high schools in Zagreb, the XV. Gymnasium.
Meet the jury of the video contest
Marit Brommer is the Executive Director of the IGA since 2017. She comes with 15 years of experience in the extractive industry where she has worked as subsurface portfolio manager. At the IGA she is focusing on creating strong partnerships with international...
VIDEO CONTEST FOR 12-18 YEARS OLD GIRLS IN EUROPE
Rocks, crystals, fossils, volcanoes…. boots, hammer, map, satellite images and microscopes. 150 years ago, adventurous geologists explored our planet to uncover the secrets of geology with a hammer in their hand. Today they use cutting edge technology such as electron...
ENGIE at the event “Treasure under our feet”
On Saturday, October 10th 2020 the ENGIE project was presented as part of the event “Blago pod našim nogama” (“Treasure under our feet”) with the aim of popularising geosciences.
ENGIE brings its cookbook to Estonia
Last week, ENGIE’s Estonian Linked Third Party has organised two workshops relating to this year’s Researchers’ Night.
The International Workshop with Invited Women Experts
On 4 September 2020, the ENGIE project organised the online International Workshop with Invited Women Experts. The main objective of the workshop was to identify the motivators and barriers for empowering young women to become geoscientists and engineers. For this...
ENGIE at the Girls into Geoscience 2020
The annual outreach event Girls into Geoscience (GiG) was launched in 2014 by the University of Plymouth in the United Kingdom. Since then, hundreds of girls from schools across the UK and Ireland have participated. The main objective of this outreach initiative is to...
ENGIE is launching its first brochure!
The official ENGIE brochure has been published. Have a look to know more about how the EU-funded project is planning to empower girls to become the geoscientists of tomorrow. The brochure is presenting ENGIE’s mission, timeline and expected impact of its planned...
ENGIE is keen to learn from the experiences of women geoscientists and engineers
ENGIE aims to encourage girls to study geosciences and engineering, and thus to improve the gender balance in these disciplines. The EU-funded project, which kicked-off in January 2020, will develop an awareness-raising strategy and create a stakeholder network for...