Community education has a critical role to play in building a sustainable future. Through hands-on activities showcasing green technological innovation community members gain firsthand knowledge of why creating safe, energy efficient, and less-toxic products and processes is beneficial to the economy, human health and the environment.
enrichment materials
Many of our community engagement activities and labs are based on lessons from our K-12 curriculum library. For educators looking to do hands-on green chemistry activities with talking points, guiding questions and hints for implementation click here. These materials are ideal for informal educators, after-school science clubs, ACS student chapters or home school audiences.
upcoming events
Vote for the Beyond Benign session proposal “Inventing Green with Bioplastics” for the South by Southwest® (SXSW) EDU 2020 Conference
August 5, 2019 @ 8:00 am - August 23, 2019 @ 11:30 pmPlease vote for the Beyond Benign proposal for the 2020 South by Southwest® Conference, an importan...
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Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE’s) Annual Conference
October 28, 2019 @ 9:15 am - 10:15 amJoin Beyond Benign’s Director of the Green Chemistry Commitment program, Irv Levy at the AASHE con...
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