12: How GWB Turns Geoscience Into Human Impact (Inside IMAGE '26)

Geoscientists Without Borders starts with a simple idea: geoscience can improve someone’s life. Jim Funk has seen what access to clean water can mean in African communities, while Craig Beasley talks about projects that help people prepare for earthquakes and volcanoes, recover forgotten burial sites near Houston, and give students the experience of using geoscience for something deeply human. Twenty years in, GWB does not have a shortage of ideas or need. Craig and Jim say dozens of proposals can arrive when only a handful can be supported. That makes funding one of the central challenges now. More money could mean larger grants, longer projects, and work capable of reaching far more people. GWB has already shown what geoscientists can do. The question is how much more becomes possible if the profession and industry chooses to back it. LINKS * Geoscientists Without Borders - https://seg.org/programs/geoscientists-without-borders/ * Attend IMAGE '26 - www.imageevent.org/ * Listen to Inside IMAGE Podcast Series - www.imageevent.org/podcast