Introduction

These short videos, whose subject is geoscience, have been designed for different target groups and can encourage the discussion on geoethical aspects of geoscience communication and education.
The language and the images used, the simple explanations, the particular approach that often starts from simple common experiences taken from daily life, aim to bring citizens and society closer to geosciences. They help to demonstrate the potential of geosciences to improve the conditions of human life, to protect the population from hazards, and to push towards more sustainable choices. However, they are not limited to disciplinary knowledge, but show that geoscientific knowledge is often closely interlinked with sociopolitical, cultural, ecological, and economic questions.

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Filmmaking as a science communication training tool
The following video examples were produced by early career geoscientists from the International Training Network "ALErT" (Anatolian pLateau climatE and Tectonic hazards) and the International Research Training Group "StRATEGy" (Surface processes, Tectonics and Georesources: The Andean foreland basin of Argentina) in the framework of a science communication training, facilitated by Johanna Ickert (filmasmethod.com), Dr. Henry Wichura, René Arnold, and Anne Hodgson.
This training aimed to help participants to train their communication competencies through the process of filmmaking and to increase their awareness about the ethical, sociopolitical and ecological dimension of their research. Evaluation interviews with participants indicate that science video production can be a valuable training tool, enabling participants to attribute form and meaning to their scientific work. The findings demonstrate gains in narrative skills and audiovisual literacy, normative skills including the ability for self-reflection and reflexivity on individual roles and responsibilities, and interpersonal competencies, that involve social learning, empathy, cultural awareness and skills related to working in inter- and transdisciplinary teams.
The first course took place in November 2016 at the Potsdam University (Germany) for PhD-candidates from "ALErT". Based on the experience from this pilot course, a second workshop was given a month later, again at the Potsdam University, to participants of "StRATEGy". Given the interdisciplinary character of both projects, the participating researchers were from numerous sub-disciplines, such as palaeoclimatology, mineralogy, petrology, seismology, geophysics, geochemistry etc., representing groups of diverse age, nationalities, and origins (and with one-third of the course participants being female).