CHED 16 |
| Western civilization is not sustainable in its current constitution. With its goals of achieving clean water, safe energy, renewable feedstocks, and a nonpolluting technology base, green chemistry is mankind's most powerful tool for developing the technological dimension of a sustainable high technology civilization. A potent, forthright, multilevel pedagogy in green chemistry and sustainability science is needed to get young scientists thinking well and to catalyze inventiveness aimed at sustainable products and processes. In this lecture, I will review the important educational trajectories for developing a genuine green chemistry curriculum. Such a curriculum will be capable of aiding human aspirations for achieving a sustainable technology base. I will also discuss what we must do to avoid producing an anemic and sterile green chemistry curriculum. |
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Green Chemistry as an Integral Component of Academic Sustainability Centers
8:30 AM-11:35 AM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 Seaport -- Plaza A, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |