3 The UN sustainable development goals and nanochemistry: a critical review
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Larry Kolopajlo
Abstract
This chapter presents a critical analysis of the United Nations sustainable development goals (UN SDGs). It then discusses those goals most relevant to the field of chemistry, focusing on pioneering advances at the convergence of the UN SDGs, green chemistry, and nanochemistry. This narrative will help educators better understand the relationship between green chemistry and the SDGs. Moreover, educators will learn how new advances in nanochemistry can help fulfill the SDGs allowing for the development of new pedagogic approaches in teaching the concept of sustainability.
Abstract
This chapter presents a critical analysis of the United Nations sustainable development goals (UN SDGs). It then discusses those goals most relevant to the field of chemistry, focusing on pioneering advances at the convergence of the UN SDGs, green chemistry, and nanochemistry. This narrative will help educators better understand the relationship between green chemistry and the SDGs. Moreover, educators will learn how new advances in nanochemistry can help fulfill the SDGs allowing for the development of new pedagogic approaches in teaching the concept of sustainability.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- About the series V
- Contents VII
- Author list IX
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Applications of green chemistry in laboratory experiments and undergraduate research 3
- 3 The UN sustainable development goals and nanochemistry: a critical review 45
- 4 Green chemistry and the UN SDGs 81
- 5 Alternative solvents and the UN sustainable development goals 95
- 6 A sustainable development approach to promoting water security in Eritrea 129
- 7 The role of biocatalysis in green and sustainable chemistry 159
- 8 The climate education clock 175
- 9 LOL diagrams 179
- 10 Green chemistry teaching and research at a small, Catholic university 191
- Index 203
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- About the series V
- Contents VII
- Author list IX
- 1 Introduction 1
- 2 Applications of green chemistry in laboratory experiments and undergraduate research 3
- 3 The UN sustainable development goals and nanochemistry: a critical review 45
- 4 Green chemistry and the UN SDGs 81
- 5 Alternative solvents and the UN sustainable development goals 95
- 6 A sustainable development approach to promoting water security in Eritrea 129
- 7 The role of biocatalysis in green and sustainable chemistry 159
- 8 The climate education clock 175
- 9 LOL diagrams 179
- 10 Green chemistry teaching and research at a small, Catholic university 191
- Index 203
