Worldwide trends in green chemistry education /

Educating the next generation of chemists about green chemistry issues, such as waste minimisation and clean synthesis, is vital for environmental sustainability. This book aims to enable green issues to be taught from the underlying principles of all chemistry courses rather than in isolation. Chap...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)
Other Authors: Cardona, Francesca (Editor), Clark, James H. (Editor), Parmeggiani, Camilla (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Cambridge] : Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015.
Series:RSC green chemistry series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The Interface Between Provision of Information and Behaviour Patterns; Education for Sustainable Development and Chemistry Education; Rio+20 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Green Chemistry; Green Chemistry in Response to Environmental Issues: Socio-scientific Dilemmas in Science Education; Green Chemistry in Brazil: Contemporary Tendencies and Challenges and its Reflections on High School Level; Collaborative Development of a Green High School Chemistry Curriculum in Thailand; Green Chemistry as a Guiding Idea for Innovation in the Informal Student Laboratory; Small Scale Green Chemistry in Higher Education in Thailand; Teaching Catalyst Mechanisms for Converting Biomass into Liquid Fuels; Holistic Green Chemistry Metrics for use in Teaching Laboratories; Embedding Toxicology into the Chemistry Curriculum; the State of Green Chemistry Instruction at Canadian Universities; Education in Green Chemistry: Incorporating Green Chemistry in Chemistry Teaching Methods Course at the Universiti Sains Malaysia; Educational Efforts in Green and Sustainable Chemistry from the Spanish Network in Sustainable Chemistry; Green Chemistry and Sustainable Industrial Technology: 10 Years of an MSc Program; Introducing Green Chemistry (from a Brazilian Perspective) into Graduate Courses.