EDIG strives to promote effective, long-lasting change to help make the geosciences as welcoming, equitable, and accessible as they can be. Our goals are to:
- Raise awareness of the intersectional, structural challenges experienced by minoritized geoscientists and promote progressive action to develop a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable community.
- Challenge people's perceptions through awareness without judgement, so we can all come together to learn and act. Thus, we can move towards global representation by challenging our own unconscious biases to ensure as many voices as possible are heard.
- Provide resources and toolkits to help improve accessibility and inclusion in geosciences, including developing a geoscience platform to help improve representation and highlight work by other groups and initiatives to help maximise impact.
- Develop events for organizations and geoscientists to come together, to learn about, and discuss EDI topics in a safe environment.