Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development
A special issue of Chemistry Teacher International
Vol 4, Issue 2, June 2022
Guest editors Bipulbehari Saha, Francesca Kerton and Hemda Garelick
In many chemistry curricula Green Chemistry has become a feature. In introductory chemistry courses in higher education more and more attention is given to the principles of green chemistry as well as the ideas of sustainable development (UN Sustainable Development Goals). This includes design principles like ‘cradle to cradle’, ‘cradle to grave’ as well as life cycle analysis.
The number of concrete examples to illustrate these principles that are used in education at this moment is limited, even though there are many recent examples. Within chemistry education it is important for students to understand the role chemistry plays in society. One of these roles is to apply chemical knowledge to design processes that implement the principles of Green Chemistry and help in Sustainable Development. In order to demonstrate the role of chemistry more information for teachers is needed, so they can use this information and share this with their students.
In total 9 articles are published in a special issue of CTI (Vol 4, Issue 2, June 2022) <https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/cti/4/2/html>, most of them describing interesting experiments that can easily be used by teachers to introduce and illustrate the principles of green chemistry. Some of the experiments were used and designed to be carried out at home. This was caused by the lockdowns occurring during the covid pandemia.
Reproduced in part from the Introduction by Jan Apotheker, CTI, vol. 4, no. 2, 2022, pp. 117-119. https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2022-2001
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Masthead - Full issue pdf
- Vice President's Column
- The Chemist’s Oath
- Features
- IUPAC Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry 2022
- Implementing Data Sharing Policies at De Gruyter
- Behind the Scenes: Stories of the Global Women’s Breakfast
- IUPAC Wire
- Vivek Polshettiwar is Awarded the 2022 IUPAC-Chemrawn VII Prize For Green Chemistry
- IUPAC Announces the 2022 Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry
- IUPAC International Award For Advances In Harmonized Approaches To Crop Protection Chemistry—Call For Nominations
- 2023 IUPAC-Solvay International Award For Young Chemists—Call For Applicants
- 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award—Call for Nominations
- IUPAC Elections for the 2024–2025 Term
- NAO Forum
- Project Place
- Bioavailability and Significance of Endocrine Disruptive Compounds in Ecosystems
- IUPAC Projects Contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Past, present, and future
- Bookworm
- Multi-Scale Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Ecosystems: Critical Reactions and Resilience to Climate Changes
- Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development
- Conference Call
- International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
- Making Global Green Connections: The Importance of Green Chemistry Summer School for Sustainable Development
- International Polymer Characterization
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Masthead - Full issue pdf
- Vice President's Column
- The Chemist’s Oath
- Features
- IUPAC Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry 2022
- Implementing Data Sharing Policies at De Gruyter
- Behind the Scenes: Stories of the Global Women’s Breakfast
- IUPAC Wire
- Vivek Polshettiwar is Awarded the 2022 IUPAC-Chemrawn VII Prize For Green Chemistry
- IUPAC Announces the 2022 Top Ten Emerging Technologies in Chemistry
- IUPAC International Award For Advances In Harmonized Approaches To Crop Protection Chemistry—Call For Nominations
- 2023 IUPAC-Solvay International Award For Young Chemists—Call For Applicants
- 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Award—Call for Nominations
- IUPAC Elections for the 2024–2025 Term
- NAO Forum
- Project Place
- Bioavailability and Significance of Endocrine Disruptive Compounds in Ecosystems
- IUPAC Projects Contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Past, present, and future
- Bookworm
- Multi-Scale Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Ecosystems: Critical Reactions and Resilience to Climate Changes
- Green Chemistry and Sustainable Development
- Conference Call
- International Year of Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
- Making Global Green Connections: The Importance of Green Chemistry Summer School for Sustainable Development
- International Polymer Characterization
