Most days the media confronts us with stories about food, water, drugs, energy, pollution or climate.  Chemistry plays a central role in all of these topics and often sustainability is at the heart of these discussions.  As citizens of the world we must make choices regarding these topics in our personal and professional lives.  Shouldn't citizens make educated decisions, for example, knowing the underlying chemistry? Chemistry in Context, a textbook for non-science majors, teaches chemistry in the context of these real-world situations so that our future teachers, lawyers, politicians, business persons, media experts, consumers, CEOs, etc., that is citizens of the world, can make informed choices.  This presentation will focus on how we use real-world examples of green chemistry, throughout Chemistry in Context, to illustrate how chemists are developing technologies which lower our ecological footprint to move toward a more sustainable world society.

Blending green chemistry and sustainability throughout <i>Chemistry in Context</i> to produce informed citizens

248th National Meeting (2014)

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Blending green chemistry and sustainability throughout Chemistry in Context to produce informed citizens