Founded at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), the ACS UFRJ Student Chapter is a volunteer college association dedicated to integrating both industrial and everyday life Green Chemistry perspectives within chemical education. Since 2017, the group has been conducting didactic initiatives and discussions focused on school communities and university engagement. Inserting Green Chemistry concepts into Brazilian Chemistry curricula (into both the laboratory practices and disciplinary topics) is not sufficient in transforming educational systems. The takes the creation of networking tools and a new generation of trained experts in Green Chemistry to speed up the development of clean-based solutions. To-date, the Chapter has participated in three didactic-pedagogical projects related to environmental education: 1) National Science and Technology Week, an event focused on primary and secondary level science teaching in which graduate and undergraduate students lead context-based Green Chemistry experiments; 2) a one-day workshop developed around experiences in Green Chemistry fields for school teachers, professors, graduate and undergraduate students, and professionals from different industries; and 3) School of Chemistry Week, an in-booth presentation of the Chapter proposal and its interactive activities for undergraduate and graduate students, professors, public servants and other stakeholders from the academic community. The data collected from the target-groups' responses provides evidence that efforts are being made by institutions to include Green Chemistry concepts in their curricula and processes. However, secondary and higher education participants (professors and students) suggested a continuous development of social activities to raise public awareness to potentially influence the next generation of students and professionals.

Exploring active teaching-learning methodologies: UFRJ Green Chemistry Chapter overview

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