This talk will discuss the teaching of green chemistry as a way to address environmental justice issues in our society.  It will discuss the resources used to incorporate environmental justice and green chemistry into upper-level undergraduate and graduate-level interdisciplinary courses in sustainability.  These courses provide a historical perspective of environmental pollution and examine the causes, effects, and solutions of environmental pollution.  We examined the effect of industry on the environment in addition to examining the effect of pollution on communities.  The courses finish by examining the steps that society and scientist can take to improve and reverse environmental pollution.  The talk will also explore the incorporation of social justice issues into an introductory chemistry course for non-majors.

Environmental justice, sustainability and green chemistry

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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