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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry – The Connection to Environmental Justice
DESCRIPTION:Chemistry has provided significant benefits to society. It has also had major impacts on human and ecosystem health. Chemical accidents like the 1984 Union Carbide plant in Bhopal India\, which killed more than 15\,000 people\, illustrate the potential for chemistry to cause significant harm.  Tragic events on a big scale are just one manifestation of negative impacts of chemistry. People around the planet live with the chemical contamination of their communities\, their homes\, and their bodies. But we’re not equally exposed. \nMinority and lower income communities are disproportionately impacted by chemical exposures.  The Environmental Justice movement arose in the late 1980s in response to well-documented cases of “environmental racism” – where African American and other minority communities were disproportionately exposed to toxic chemical production and waste\, while not receiving the economic benefits.  Environmental justice is defined as is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people — regardless of race\, color\, national origin\, or income — with respect to the development\, implementation\, and enforcement of environmental laws\, regulations\, and policies. \nIt is essential that chemists practicing green chemistry understand the potential impacts that chemistry can have on communities and ecosystems\, as well as the ethical and social considerations underlying the field.  Green chemistry is one potential solution to the impacts communities have faced. \nIn this webinar moderated by Dr. Joel Tickner (Professor of Environmental Health\, University of Massachusetts Lowell)\, Monique Harden and Martha Dina Arguello – two leaders of the environmental justice movement  – will introduce participants to the concept of environmental justice\, how environmental injustice affects communities and the important role that green chemistry and green chemists can play in both improving community and ecosystem health and creating new economic opportunities for communities.  Speakers will discuss ways in which minority and lower income communities can become active participants in the green chemistry movement. \nPlease join us for this important\, solutions-oriented conversation. Register now! \nSpeaker bios: \nMartha Dina Arguello – Executive Director\, Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles: For the past 35 years\, Martha has served in the non-profit sector as an advocate\, community organizer\, and coalition builder. She joined PSR-LA in 1998 to launch the environmental health programs\, and became Executive Director in November 2007. She is committed to making the credible voice of physicians a powerful instrument for transforming California and our planet into a more peaceful and healthy place. \nAs a coalition builder\, Martha has emphasized the need for local grassroots advocacy working in partnership with statewide policy actions. She is an active board member of numerous organizations\, including Californians for Pesticide Reform\,  Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy . She was appointed to  California Air Resources Board’s Global Warming Environmental Justice Advisory Committee and 617 Implementation Working Group. \nMonique Harden is the Assistant Director of Law and Policy and the Community Engagement Program Manager at the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice. The Center provides research\, education\, community and student engagement support\, as well as worker training in environmental careers. Ms. Harden has more than 20 years of achievements in the practice of law that have helped predominantly African American communities win significant environmental justice victories in the Gulf Coast Region. She is the former co-director of Advocates for Environmental Human Rights\, a public interest law firm whose representation of Mossville Environmental Action Now achieved the international precedent recognizing environmental racism as a human rights violation and the right of U.S. residents to seek remedies for it at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Ms. Harden has authored papers and lectured on the right of people to live in a healthy environment and the duties of government to protect this right vis-à-vis the U.S. Constitution\, international human rights laws\, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act\, the Americans with Disability Act\, and environmental laws. She has spearheaded local\, regional\, and international coalitions in support of communities advocating for the human right to a healthy environment. She works to democratize policymaking on environmental matters by supporting community-based organizations to engage policymakers on reducing pollution that harms their health and warms our planet.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-the-connection-to-environmental-justice/
CATEGORIES:Higher Education,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190129T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190129T180000
DTSTAMP:20181206T182214Z
CREATED:20181206T182214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T182214Z
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SUMMARY:From Novice to Confident Green Chemistry Educator and the Lessons Learned
DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about success stories from teachers who have adopted green chemistry in their classroom and increased safety in their labs. This interactive webinar will feature Lead Teachers from NYC sharing how they reduce hazards\, stay on budget\, and meet standards without sacrificing hands-on labs in their classrooms. Click on link below to register for this webinar!
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/from-novice-to-confident-green-chemistry-educator-and-the-lessons-learned/
CATEGORIES:K-12,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181206T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181206T140000
DTSTAMP:20181113T192501Z
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry: Inventing a Circular Economy through a Thermodynamic Lens
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr. John Warner\, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry \nRegister Now! \nThe natural world is a beautiful and intricate system of intertwined and overlapping materials ecosystems. As humans\, our understanding of the various interrelationships is only at the most basic level. One important reason why these naturally interdependent cyclic systems exist with exquisite complexity is because of the very fact that they all co-emerged over hundreds of thousands of years in the presence of one another. Evolutionary forces drove symbiotic relationships by selecting for and against mechanisms and materials that were conducive to the success of the entire multi-component matrix. As human society seeks to create a circular economy\, we unfortunately have the disadvantage that our various industrial “species” have developed with a level of independence\, essentially unaware of adjacent processes. We are forced into a position of creating connectivities that were not part of the considerations in the original design. Obviously this creates a daunting challenge. While there have been some examples of the circular economy designed and deployed in many industrial settings\, the vast majority of industrial products and processes continue to exist disconnected and unsustainable over the long run. The pathway to create most of these technological ecosystems will require the inventive application of green chemistry (the molecular level mechanistic underpinnings of sustainability). Nature creates materials of such exquisite structural complexity and diversity that humans may never be able to mimic them. Nature’s elegance is even more astounding when one considers the fact that most chemistry in the biological world is carried out at ambient temperature and pressure using water\, for the most part\, as its reaction medium. For society to become truly sustainable\, the way we manufacture\, use and repurpose materials must change dramatically. This presentation will describe John Warner’s entropic considerations of materials design and illustrate their application through recent R&D examples from the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-inventing-a-circular-economy-through-a-thermodynamic-lens/
CATEGORIES:Community Engagement,General,Higher Education,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181113T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181113T150000
DTSTAMP:20181005T140813Z
CREATED:20180925T160331Z
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry ACS Student Chapters: Models of Success
DESCRIPTION:Is your ACS Student Chapter interested in becoming a Green Chemistry Student Chapter? Join us as we talk about what it takes to be eligible for a Green Chemistry Student Chapter Award. We will provide you with resources and examples of green chemistry activities for your Student Chapter. You will also have an opportunity to hear from successful Green Chemistry Student Chapters including the University of New England. \nSpeakers include: \n\nJennifer MacKellar\, Program Manager\, ACS Green Chemistry Institute\nDr. Amy Keirstead\, Interim Associate Dean\, College of Arts & Sciences\, Associate Professor of Chemistry\, University of New England\nJessica White\, ACS Student Chapter President\, University of New England\n\nRegister Now!
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-acs-student-chapters-models-success/
CATEGORIES:Higher Education,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180926T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180926T150000
DTSTAMP:20180911T145538Z
CREATED:20180817T160536Z
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SUMMARY:Safer Made Webinar: Investing in Safer Chemistry and Consumer Products
DESCRIPTION:Register Today! \nThis webinar will feature Dr. Marty Mulvihill\, General Partner at Safer Made. \nDescription: At Safer Made we support companies that create chemicals and materials that make our consumer products healthier for people and the natural world. This means creating alternatives to harmful chemicals and thinking about product design\, from manufacturing through the end of a product’s useful life. In today’s marketplace\, consumers are demanding safer and more sustainable products and this translates into a multi-billion opportunity for safer chemistry and product innovation. The webinar will highlight current innovation trends in safer chemistry that are reshaping the way that packaging\, textile and apparel\, building materials\, and formulated products are made. At Safer Made we believe that everyone plays a role in shaping the future of chemistry and this talk will share ways that you can get involved in supporting the creation of safer and more sustainable products. \n 
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/safer-made-webinar-investing-safer-chemistry-consumer-products/
CATEGORIES:Higher Education,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180430T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180430T160000
DTSTAMP:20180418T180848Z
CREATED:20180411T135102Z
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SUMMARY:Perspectives of Careers in the Chemical Industry
DESCRIPTION:Register Today! \nFrom chemical manufacturing to components to final products\, there are many paths to careers involving green chemistry— you just have to know where to look for them. In this webinar\, three professionals working in the chemical industry discuss how they got to where they are\, what their companies are interested in and how it connects with green chemistry\, and what they would recommend to early-career scientists looking to pursue careers in the field. \n1. Linda B. Sedlewicz\, President/CEO–schülke inc. \nAs President/CEO for schülke inc.\, she is responsible for the introduction and promotion of the schülke preservative product lines across the U.S.\, Canada and Puerto Rico. A graduate of Rutgers University\, Linda began her career in the cosmetics industry over thirty years ago\, leading to a range of professional opportunities in cosmetics. With her technical and leadership skills\, Linda is recognized as one of the industry experts in the area of preservation of personal care products. \n2. Christoph Krumm\, Co-founder and CEO-Sironix Renewables \nFrom his PhD background in chemical engineering at the University of Minnesota\, he pursued entrepreneurial coursework\, accelerator programs\, and grant applications to receive over $3M in funding and partnerships to start Sironix Renewables. Sironix Renewables develops bio-renewable chemicals for consumer products. As a recipient of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers 35Under35 award for innovation\, he has grown Sironix Renewables to be an innovator in the renewable chemicals world. \n3. Maureen Kavanagh\, Senior Technical Manager-3M \nMaureen is a strong operations leader known for her passion of people and sustainability. Maureen is a Senior Technical Manager currently working for 3M’s Industrial Mineral Products Division. She has 13 years of experience as a scientist with 28 issued patents. Maureen holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of Wisconsin\, River Falls and a master’s degree in management from the College of St. Scholastica \nRegister Today!
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/perspectives-careers-chemical-industry/
CATEGORIES:Higher Education,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180306T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180306T150000
DTSTAMP:20180220T142342Z
CREATED:20180123T201526Z
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SUMMARY:A Guide to Green Chemistry Experiments for Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Labs
DESCRIPTION:Green Chemistry has been widely adopted as a means for reducing hazards and waste in chemistry labs\, while maintaining the necessary rigor for teaching fundamental reactions and techniques. In a collaborative partnership between Beyond Benign\, My Green Lab\, and MilliporeSigma\, a new resource guide has been developed for undergraduate organic chemistry teaching labs. This guide provides educators with a set of safer\, greener alternative organic chemistry experiments to demonstrate key chemical transformations to undergraduate chemistry students\, and indicates quantifiable benefits when greener alternative experiments are implemented\, including waste reduction\, hazard reduction\, and cost savings. Join us on March 6 to learn more about using this new\, FREE\, customizable guide to educate the next generation of scientists to carry out experiments with sustainability in mind.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/a-guide-to-green-chemistry-experiments-for-undergraduate-organic-chemistry-las/
CATEGORIES:Higher Education,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180213T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180213T150000
DTSTAMP:20180213T191549Z
CREATED:20180123T173505Z
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SUMMARY:EPA Safer Choice
DESCRIPTION:Join Beyond Benign and the EPA Safer Choice Program for this exciting webinar! This webinar features two professional chemists who will discuss their work with partner companies in EPA’s Safer Choice program to identify safer ingredients for retail and industrial products. Learn how the Safer Choice team works closely with manufacturers and their suppliers to identify chemical ingredients that meet the Safer Choice Standard. Dr. Bridget Williams and Randy Yakal will discuss how products are evaluated\, reviewed\, and approved as Safer Choice certified. Register to learn why Safer Choice-certified products are safer for people and the planet. \nRegister Today! \n 
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/epa-safer-choice/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171205T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171205T150000
DTSTAMP:20171018T184253Z
CREATED:20171018T183831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171018T184253Z
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SUMMARY:Toxicological Tools for Greener Product Design
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nThis webinar will feature two professional toxicologists who will share their experience working across the disciplines of chemistry and toxicology through predictive and computational toxicology tools. With the goal of enabling scientists to design products with reduced hazards\, Dr. Spencer and Dr. Rowlands will provide modern-day examples of tools that bridge this divide. \nRegister Now! \nThe Crossroads of Chemistry and Toxicology:  Advancing Greener\, Safer Ingredients & Products\nby Dr. Pamela Spencer\, ANGUS Chemical \nAbstract: Today\, more than ever\, chemicals and products deemed to have undesirable human health or environmental effects are being targeted for replacement with “greener” alternatives.  New greener candidates must be technologically feasible\, deliver the same or better value in cost and performance while providing an improved profile for health and environmental safety.  For scientists developing new products\, this means early detection of toxicological effects can be the difference in launching a more sustainable product or one targeted itself for future deselection.  Given the significant time\, resources and money required to develop a new product\, early identification of nonviable candidates can conserve finite business resources. ANGUS has developed and implemented a process to improve the screening of new chemical candidates or formulations using new “21st century” safety assessment tools.  This presentation will highlight how toxicological assessments are integrated into the product development process and the critical role collaboration between chemists and toxicologists play in the introduction of new\, more sustainable alternatives. \n  \nDeveloping Greener Chemicals through Big Data and Machine Learning Computational Toxicology\nby Dr. Craig Rowlands\, Underwriters Laboratory \nAbstract: The development and preparation of new materials and chemicals must determine their safety to human health and the environmental throughout their lifecycles. Conventional approaches to such safety assessments can be costly\, sacrifice a large number of animals for testing and are time intensive delaying introduction of new products into the market. Such considerations have underscored the need to develop new approaches to safety assessments by toxicologists and chemists working together at the earliest stages of new product development. These partnerships have resulted in innovative predictive safety strategies and approaches using in vitro and computational toxicology – or cheminformatic –tools. In collaboration with researchers from Johns Hopkins University\, UL has developed a new machine learning (ML) cheminformatics software tool to predict chemical hazards. This ML tool called REACHAcross takes advantage of the increasing availability of big data in toxicology using a chemical similarity approach to predict highly accurate chemical hazards.  The results of the assessments can be used to design or select lower hazard chemicals for new chemicals or new formulations\, respectively. REACHAcross predictions have additional uses including chemical regulatory registrations and hazard communications. REACHAcross is a versatile software application that can assist green chemistry practitioners in the development of lower hazed chemicals and producing the data needed for commercialization of new products.
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/toxicological-tools-greener-product-design/
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171101T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171101T120000
DTSTAMP:20170623T134626Z
CREATED:20170623T133746Z
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SUMMARY:Advancing Safer Chemistry: The Role of Government Policy by Dr. Joel Tickner\, University of Massachusetts Lowell
DESCRIPTION:Government policies play an important role in driving green chemistry innovation and adoption. Policies that range from research and development\, education\, tax and investment incentives to purchasing preferences and chemicals assessment and management regulations at the state\, federal\, and international levels can all impact demand for and supply of green chemistry alternatives as well as chemical choices. It is important that material designers\, chemists\, and business managers within firms understand the role of policy in accelerating green chemistry. This webinar will provide an overview of the range of policies that can affect chemical design and product development and adoption. \nWebinar registration
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/advancing-safer-chemistry-role-government-policy-dr-joel-tickner-university-massachusetts-lowell/
LOCATION:Green Chemistry Education Webinar Series
CATEGORIES:Higher Education,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170912T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170912T150000
DTSTAMP:20170623T135234Z
CREATED:20170621T184934Z
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SUMMARY:Green Chemistry K-12 Outreach and Education: Engaging Students Through Green Chemistry Innovations by Kate Anderson and Mollie Enright\, Beyond Benign
DESCRIPTION:At Beyond Benign\, our mission is to equip educators\, scientists\, and citizens with the tools to teach and practice green chemistry to achieve a sustainable society. Through this mission we run programs in K-12 and Higher Education to advance green chemistry. In this webinar we will present our K-12 Outreach and Education programs that engage K-12 students in green chemistry activities in formal and informal education settings. We will provide an overview of open-access resources available for engaging K-12 students through green chemistry hands-on activities that are linked to state and national learning standards.  \nWebinar registration
URL:https://www.beyondbenign.org/event/green-chemistry-k-12-outreach-education-engaging-students-green-chemistry-innovations-kate-anderson-mollie-enright-beyond-benign/
LOCATION:Green Chemistry Education Webinar Series
CATEGORIES:Higher Education,Webinar
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