The Doughnut Economics conceptual diagram (Raworth 2017) provides a lens through which to build student's Earth Science literacy. This diagram constrains the safe and just human livable space into the shape of a doughnut with twelve identified social foundations as its base and nine planetary boundaries as its ecological ceiling (Steffen et al. 2015). The etymology of the word "Economy" originates from oikos or "house"and nemein "to manage". Our house can be considered under a planetary or a local scale to explore Earth's influence on us and our influence on Earth.

This framework can integrate the different geoscience topics under a systems thinking lens to improve students' Earth Science literacy. Some of the dimensions of our social foundation and our planet's ecological ceiling in which gesociences has a major role are: a) food through soil nutrients and prevention of nutrient pollution associated with food production; b) health by preventing and remediating chemical pollution of air, water and land, including ozone-layer depletion; c) water and sanitation by managing water resources, d) energy through management of renewable and non-renewable energy resources and their effects on the environment; e) housing through building materials and identification of hazards associated to where we live; f) climate change impacts adaptation and resilience, including ocean acidification; and g) land conversion effects.
The ties of geosciences to the doughnut economics conceptual model as a visual under which to teach geosciences will be further explored in this work. This framework will be tested in Fall 2026 in the Exploring Planet Earth lecture class.

Raworth K. (2017) Doughnut Economics - 7 ways to think like a 21st century economist. Chelsea Green Publishing, 319 p.
Steffen et al. (2015) Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet. Science 347, 1259855, DOI:10.1126/science.1259855