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University
"Each day of the workshop has been productive - and I learned so much that I can use in my job. It gave me ideas on how to modify some of my existing experiments!"
Jeff Davis
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Program
"It's been quite a blessing to be a part of the innovation that comes from Beyond Benign ... its made quite an impact on my life and future."
Ben Stewart
Outreach Fellow
K-12
Field Trips
"I think that what you are doing is wonderfully informative and relevant to todays world and we will definitely invite you back next year!"
Sylvia Klingzing
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Educator
Training
"The workshop was valuable because I can truly use this in conjunction with my every day curriculum. Thank you so much!"
Mary Lytle
Teacher
Congratulations to Amy Cannon,
2012 Environmental Merit Award recipient!
April 25th, EPA New England announced Beyond Benign's Executive Director, Amy Cannon, as an Environmental Merit Award recipient. The merit award is given for outstanding efforts in preserving New England's environment and is awarded to select individuals and organizations based on their contributions to local environmental successes.
Dr. Cannon received the Environmental Merit Award specifically for her leadership and success in bringing together and collaborating with educational institutions at every level to transform chemistry education through green chemistry & sustainable science. In her work at Beyond Benign, Amy aims to let students more easily connect chemistry, human health and the environment.
Under Amy's leadership, Beyond Benign won an American Chemistry Society award in 2011 recognizing the organization's work incorporating sustainability into chemistry education. Among her efforts in the past year, Amy began work on a curriculum to replace some of the most hazardous chemicals used in high school classrooms and worked on a program aimed at transforming chemistry in higher education. She brought together 10 colleges and universities around common goals of what 21st century chemistry should look like. Also in 2011, Amy did training in Liberty and Albany, NY, training about 70 teachers on green chemistry replacement labs.
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Upcoming Special Events
Tales from a Test Tube Exhibition
Experiments with the Connections between Art,
Science, and the Natural World
The Fitchburg Art Museum is collaborating with Fitchburg State
University, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry, and Beyond Benign to concoct an innovative exhibition
that will explore the chemistry between art and science.
Learn More About It
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Green Chemistry-Oriented Science Education
Webinar - May 10, 2012
Please join us on May 10, 2012, as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Beyond Benign (a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization), and EPA Region 2 share information on the best chemical management practices, principles of green chemistry, and other lessons learned from work under way in New York high schools. The New York State Education Department will also be present to reflect on statewide opportunities to advance green chemistry. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions during the Q&A session.
Registration is now open. Please visit epa.blhtech.com/greenchemistrywebinar to get more information on the Webinar and to view speaker presentations and biographical information; the Webinar agenda; and links to other green chemistry and engineering information, programs, and videos. Be sure to visit the Registration page on this Web site as soon as possible to view the Go-To-Webinar registration and telephone dial-in instructions. If you have any questions regarding Webinar registration, please contact Donna Jackson at djackson@blhtech.com. Download Flyer
