The Environmental Chemistry Division (ECD) was founded in our local ACS Student Chapter at the University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón (ACS-UPRB) in September 2018. Our goal is to educate and make awareness about the environmental issues happening globally, the chemical processes involved and their impact on society. To work on that goal, we want to create spaces where the public, our local communities and undergraduate members can learn and teach about the effects of climate change, and other environmental issues. We also want to encourage the community to monitor and obtain information of the environment in order to implement innovative solutions. This division is also acting by encouraging the United Nations Sustainable and Development Global Goals in all its activities, creating a movement. The ECD currently impacts 12 of the 17 sustainable goals and we hope to continue working on these efforts. Guided by these goals we intend to: Build Knowledge and capacity to meet climate change (Target 13), Protect and restore water related ecosystem (Target 6), Conserve and restore terrestrial and freshwater ecosystem (Target 15), Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making (Target 5), and many more with a focus on Environmental Chemistry. The ECD has partnered with “Arrecifes Pro Ciudad, Inc.” a local, non-profit organization, monitoring water quality in the “Reserva Natural de la Isla Verde”. We are currently working on analyzing all the data collected. This data analysis will elucidate more knowledge about the effects of temperature, pH, turbidity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and salinity in the Coral Reefs at the reserve. The ECD is working on bringing more conferences, workshops, experimental demonstrations and research in the natural reserve that shares our goals and objectives. Finally, all our activities are enacted to reach one final goal, give undergraduate students and the community the tools they need in order to execute and apply changes that have the potential to change the world.

Acting through environmental chemistry and the sustainable global goals in an ACS local chapter

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