York's Department of Chemistry has been teaching and developing curriculum materials concerning sustainability for over 40 years.  The work began with its undergraduate courses and now encompasses work with primary (K thru 6) and secondary (Grades 7-12) schools, undergraduate, postgraduate teaching, and outreach activities for the general public.  This is based within two groups which carry out high quality chemistry and education research, its national Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence and Chemical Industry Education Centre and has three common features.  It is:embedded in the teaching of chemistry at the appropriate levelbased on current educational practice and informed by researchdeveloped so that it can be used, with appropriate changes, in other countries.The talk will give examples of each area of work and guides for further reading.  It will also describe the influence that the various projects have both in the UK and worldwide.

Teaching sustainability: 40 years of experience

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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