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New Jersey Science Convention
2019-10-23 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Explore how natural materials can replace harmful chemical reactions in the classroom with lead teacher Robert Colvin in his presentation, Chemistry with a Conscience. By using greener reactions, student can safely investigate their reactions and your labs experiments will be more affordable.

Learning from Nature: STEAM Investigations for the Elementary Classroom
2019-10-18 09:20 - 10:00
Join Alyson VanAlphen in her spotlight session on what sustainable science looks like in her elementary classroom!

MACTLAC Annual Meeting, St. Catherine University, MN
2019-10-11 19:00 - 20:00 | St. Catherine University, MN, United States
Hear Beyond Benign’s Director of the Green Chemistry Commitment program, Irv Levy, in his keynote address as part of the Midwestern Association of Chemistry Teachers in Liberal Arts Colleges (MACTLAC) Annual Conference. His talk will be on “Green Chemistry Commitment implementation at PUIs”.
Preliminary program can be found here.

​Implementing Green Chemistry into your curriculum
2019-10-11 16:30 - 17:20 | Siena College, 515 Loudon Rd, Loudonville, NY, 12211, United States
Join Annette Sebuyira, NY Master Teacher and Lead Teacher, in how green chemistry fits into her curriculum, and how it can fit into yours!

Fueling Fall Investigations with Green Chemistry
2019-09-25 19:00 - 20:00
Calling all K-12 chemistry teachers! Looking for safer labs for your students? How engaged are your students? Try these green chemistry labs that are both safe and exciting. Explore phenomena and fill your students with wonder while cultivating a sustainable environment culture in your lab by examining chemical or physical changes and endothermic or exothermic reactions. The best part of all? You don’t deal with complicated post-lab disposal methods. All labs featured use green chemistry principles and practices, and are safe for you, your students, and the environment.
Hear from Scott Carlson and Annette Sebuyira, two active New York high school teachers, and how they combine the inquiry process and green chemistry in their classroom to keep students engaged and curious. By sharing ready-to-use lesson plans, this webinar will spotlight NGSS-aligned, open-access resources designed by K-12 teachers.
This free event is co-organized by Beyond Benign and New York State Pollution Prevention Institute.
“Funding provided by the Environmental Protection Fund as administered by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Any opinions, findings, and/or interpretations of data contained herein are the responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions, interpretations or policy of Rochester Institute of Technology and its NYS Pollution Prevention Institute or the State.”

Back to School Bash with Girl Scouts
2019-09-22 13:00 - 15:00 | Camp Maude Eaton, 141 Abbot St, Andover, MA, United States
Come join undergraduate students as they show off innovative green chemistry technologies, and host a make-and-take table!

DOZN™ 2.0: A Quantitative Green Chemistry Evaluator
2019-09-18 14:00 - 15:00
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MilliporeSigma launched a new Green Chemistry tool, DOZN™ 2.0 this past spring. DOZN™ is an industry-first Quantitative Green Chemistry Evaluator that evaluates the relative greenness of chemicals and chemical processes against the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry. Through DOZN™ 2.0, scientists now have access to calculate the green scores of their own processes and products. This free, web-based tool provides users with even more data so that they are properly equipped to increase their sustainability. This webinar will introduce the tool and the methodology behind the evaluator.
Featured Speaker:
Dr. Ettigounder (Samy) Ponnusamy
Fellow and Global Manager, Green Chemistry
MilliporeSigma – A business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Ettigounder (Samy) Ponnusamy completed his PhD at the University of Madras (India) in 1982 in Polymer Chemistry and postdoctoral studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago (1983-87). In 1988, he joined Sigma-Aldrich as an R&D Scientist and worked on many high value projects at various capacity. Currently Samy is the Fellow and Global Manager for Green Chemistry at MilliporeSigma (formerly Sigma-Aldrich), leading the Green Chemistry Initiatives.
Samy has over 35 years of industrial and academic research experience in developing new products, greener process developments, polymer processing and greener manufacturing from laboratory to pilot plant scales utilizing green chemistry principles. Samy and his team developed DOZN system, a Quantitative Green Chemistry Evaluator to calculate the relative greenness of chemical products/processes based on the Twelve Green Chemistry Principles. Recently released DOZN 2.0 tool for both inside and outside customers to use it to improve their overall sustainability. Also, Samy leads the new Greener Chemistry Consultancy Business Developments at MilliporeSigma.
Samy is one of the Co-chairs for ACS Green Chemistry Institute’s Chemical Manufacturer Roundtable and, organizes/chairs sessions at the annual ACS GCI’s Green Chemistry & Engineering Conferences and, also participated as organizing committee member for many other Green Chemistry Conferences globally. Samy is the founder of the Worldwide Green Chemistry Team at Sigma-Aldrich in 2007 and currently leading the Green Chemistry initiatives at MilliporeSigma. Samy has published over 40 scientific papers and awarded 6 US/European Patents and, also 3 US Patents pending. Samy’s work was recognized by The Academy of Science St. Louis (founded in 1856), awarded an outstanding scientist award in 2011 and also inducted as a Fellow of the Academy of Science St. Louis.
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Co-hosted by Beyond Benign and My Green Lab

ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA
2019-08-28 15:40 - 16:00
Join Beyond Benign’s Lead Teacher Cassandra Knutson at the ACS National meeting where she will present on “Community engagement for healthy oceans: Green chemistry & bioplastics”.
Access the Abstract here.
Location: Mission Mills, Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

Green Chemistry Commitment, ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA
2019-08-25 19:00 - 21:00 | San Diego Convention Center, 111 West Harbor Drive,, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Join Beyond Benign’s Director of the Green Chemistry Commitment program, Irv Levy at the General Posters during the ACS National Meeting in San Diego, CA.
Abstract can be found here.
Location: San Diego Convention Center
Sunday, August 25, 2019: 7:00pm (General Posters) and Monday, August 26, 2019: 8:00pm (Sci-Mix)

Chemistry Teacher's Day, ACS National Conference, San Diego, CA
2019-08-25 16:40 - 17:00 | Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina, 333 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA, 92101, United States
Join Beyond Benign Lead Teacher Steven Kosmas during the ACS National Meeting’s Chemistry Teacher’s Day program. Steven will be presenting on “Using green chemistry to remedy environmental problems”.
Access the Abstract here.

Vote for the Beyond Benign session proposal "Inventing Green with Bioplastics" for the South by Southwest® (SXSW) EDU 2020 Conference
2019-08-05 08:00 - 2019-08-23 23:30
Please vote for the Beyond Benign proposal for the 2020 South by Southwest® Conference, an important forum for global professionals at every level to share ideas and network. This large event reaches thousands of attendees, so it will be an excellent opportunity for Beyond Benign to advance green chemistry. The community’s input will amount to 30% of the total score for the proposal. The community has the opportunity to “Vote Up” or “Vote Down” on all session ideas and add comments to each page.
The event will be held March 9-12, 2020 in Austin, TX! The deadline for voting is August 23.
Vote via the SXSW PanelPicker®

NEACT Conference
2019-07-29 15:30 - 17:00 | Middlesex School, Concord, MA, MA, United States
Join Kate Anderson and Janie Butler at the New England Association of Chemistry Teachers 2019 Summer Conference for a 90 min workshop featuring the Recycling Polylactic Acid Lab-Transforming Cups into Cleaners!

NYC STEM Institute: Sustainability and STEM
2019-07-23 09:00 - 2019-07-25 15:00
Beyond Benign will be hosting a three day workshop on sustainability and STEM within the NYC Summer STEM Institute for New York City Teachers. Come see how lead teacher Scott Carlson and Annette Seburyira implement green chemistry within their classroom, and how this has changed their students’ learning outcomes.

ChemEd 2019
2019-07-21 - 2019-07-25 | North Central College, 131 S Loomis Street, Naperville, IL, 60540, United States
This is one of the largest conferences for educators involved in teaching Chemistry in North America! Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Cassie Knutson Lydon and Cassie Javner will be there as our green chemistry ambassadors!
Monday July 22nd, 8am: Microscopic Mycelium: Growing Sustainable Solutions
Monday July 22nd, 8am: What exactly is Modeling Chemistry??
Tuesday July 23rd, 8am: Building Sustainable Solutions: Blackberry Solar Cells
Tuesday July 23rd, 9:10am: Rethinking Approaches to Lab Safety
Wednesday July 24th, 9:10am: Building Sustainable Solutions: Blackberry Solar Cells
Wednesday July 24th, 2:00pm: The Greener, Quicker Copper Cycle Lab
Wednesday July 24th, 2:40pm: Replacing Traditional Labs with Greener Alternatives

Exploring Innovative Solutions to Environmental Challenges Through Green Chemistry, Biomimicry and Real World Technologies
2019-07-15 08:30 - 2019-07-19 15:30
Beyond Benign is working in partnership with the Wade Institute for Science Education to lead the 2019 North Central Summer Professional Development Institute.
Partners: Fitchburg State University; The Revolving Museum; Harvard Forest; Mass Audubon’s Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary
Dates: July 15-19; June 22 On-Site Introductory Session; Call-back dates will be set during the course
Cost: $425 per participant ($400 per participant if attending in a team with another teacher from your district; $375 per participant if attending in a team with 2 or more other teachers from your district)
PDPs: 40 PDPs are available without graduate credit.
Optional Graduate Credit: Fitchburg State University – 3 credits and 67.5 PDPs, $295
Optional Housing: Fitchburg State University for $45/night (max 4 nights)
Register here
Participants will:
• Discover how green chemistry, the science of creating safe, energy efficient and non-toxic processes and products, is providing sustainable solutions for the environmental challenges facing our society today.
• Explore how biomimicry applications are informing the design of everyday items, including safer hair dyes and surfaces that prevent bacteria from growing, to build awareness of environmental issues.
• Gain an understanding of how Harvard Forest gathers and uses real-time data to investigate how forests are helping in the fight against climate change.
• Visit the Eco-Art Mobile to learn how this tool is being used to build environmental awareness around the issue of ocean plastics.
• Examine how industry and academia are working to understand climate change and design materials to use excess carbon dioxide.
• Build your understanding of the environmental challenges associated with plastics.
• Investigate how agricultural waste and mushroom mycelium can be used to create alternative materials used in the manufacture of anything from packing to lamp shades.
Interested in learning about other STEM Institutes happening this summer with WADE? Check out this brochure!

Beyond Benign Lead Teacher Summit
2019-07-11 08:00 - 2019-07-13 17:00 | Beyond Benign, 100 Research Drive, Wilmington, MA, United States
It’s that time of year where our Lead Teachers will be coming together here at Beyond Benign headquarters. The Summit includes teacher professional development, resource sharing, hands-on workshops by-teachers and for-teachers, along with annual planning for our 2019 – 2020 teacher cohort.

IUPAC Paris 2019, Paris, France
2019-07-08 08:00 - 2019-07-09 17:00 | Palais des Congres, Place de la Porte Maillot, Paris, France
Join Beyond Benign’s Director of the Green Chemistry Commitment program, Irv Levy, at the IUPAC conference in Paris, France where he will present a poster on “The Green Chemistry Commitment: Enabling our Common Future” in Theme 5: Chemistry Education.
Conference agenda.

ACS GCEC: Linking Chemical Design to Toxicity/Hazard/Alternatives Assessment
2019-06-11 09:45 - 12:30 | Hyatt Regency Reston, 1800 Presidents St., Reston, VA, United States
Join Executive Director, Amy Cannon, along with partners Saskia van Bergen (WA State Dept of Ecology) and Dalila Kovacs (Grand Valley State University) at a session on Linking Chemical Design to Toxicity/Hazard/Alternatives Assessment at the ACS Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference in Reston, VA. Register for the conference.
Access the Conference Program here.
Symposium description:
Toxicology concepts are essential in designing safe chemical products that have reduced hazards. There are many efforts to provide chemical designers with tools for understanding and predicting toxicity, while maintaining the function and efficacy for which the product was designed. Toxicology data enables scientists to better predict hazards at the molecular level, therefore avoiding the use and generation of hazardous chemicals. These tools and strategies are being developed and implemented in industry and academia.
Toxicology concepts and principles, including investigative or predictive methods, have traditionally been absent from the chemistry curriculum. As a result, professional chemists lack skills in designing chemical products with inherently reduced hazards. These knowledge and skill gaps are being addressed in educational programs both in industry and in academia with the goal of better preparing scientists to implement safer design strategies at the research stage of a product life-cycle.
This half day session will highlight systematic approaches toward addressing safety data gaps, understanding hazard and alternatives assessments, and predicting toxicological endpoints through molecular design, and will focus on education initiatives both in universities and within industry, via professional development programs.

Green Chemistry Commitment 2nd Annual Summit
2019-06-10 10:30 - 15:30 | Hyatt Regency Reston, 1800 Presidents Street, Reston, VA, 20190, United States
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Join faculty members and green chemistry professionals at the 2nd Annual Green Chemistry Commitment Summit, held at the ACS Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference hotel the day preceding the conference.
The Summit brings together like-minded college faculty and professionals to establish goals and objectives for advancing green chemistry in higher education. Faculty from current and prospective Green Chemistry Commitment signing schools are welcome to join the Summit. Learn first-hand from chemistry faculty across the country who will share practical green chemistry resources, experiences and understandings on advancing the implementation of green chemistry practices.
Detailed agenda is coming soon.
The Summit includes refreshments and lunch!

Online Course: Introduction to Green Chemistry
2019-06-10 08:00 - 2019-08-05 17:00
Looking to create a safer more engaging learning environment for your students? This course will equip you to integrate green chemistry principles and practices into your classroom by teaching through real-world sustainable innovations. Develop safer labs and lessons aligned to your local standards in an interactive online environment that allows you to go at your own pace. More information here!

Central Regional ACS Meeting (CERM)
2019-06-04 - 2019-06-08 | The H Hotel, 111 W Main St, Midland, MI, 48640, United States
The theme for the 100th anniversary of the ACS Midland Section will be “Molecules to Materials”! Join Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Jen Sherburn, Erika Fatura and Jon Baek at CERM 2019 in Midland, MI.

K-12 STEM Teacher Conference
2019-05-20 16:15 - 17:00 | Rotunda of Mercy College, 55 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY, 10522, United States
Green chemistry provides a framework and lens for learning, teaching and investigating chemistry concepts. This session will highlight unique partnerships across New York State with many regional BOCES, New York Pollution Prevention Institute, New York Department of Conservation, Beyond Benign and chemistry teachers. Join lead teacher, Scott Carlson, to learn how innovative green chemistry technologies are serving as tools to capture the imagination of the next generation of problem solvers. In addition, learn about a variety of green chemistry replacement labs that offer safe lab alternatives to concepts that are aligned with state standards and Regents exams.

Boston University STEM Institute
2019-05-16 16:00 - 18:30 | Earl Center, 180 Riverway, Boston, MA, 02155, United States
Join BB staff, Amanda Maddalone and Janie Butler, as they leads two sessions for both Middle and High School teachers. Titled Sustainable Innovations in Industry and Chemistry with a Conscience. Through these sessions participants will learn how green chemistry can fit into their STEM classroom while aligning to NGSS standards.
RSVP here.

Intel ISEF 2019 in Phoenix
2019-05-16 14:45 - 15:45 | Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Kate Anderson (BB Director of K-12 Education) will be leading a workshop called “Are Mushrooms the New Plastic?” Participants will explore how green chemistry principles are being used to invent the next generation of high performing, cost effective and safe materials from mushroom mycelium.
Thursday May 16 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. | Room: West 106B
See the full Symposia schedule here.

Science on State Street
2019-04-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Framingham State University, 100 State St, Framingham, MA, 01701, United States
A free event open to all! There will be many opportunities to explore science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with fun, high quality interactive activities. Beyond Benign Outreach Fellows will be leading an activity showing how excess CO2 in the atmosphere affects the ocean.

Tech Savvy
2019-04-27 08:30 - 16:30 | University Center Gaylord, 80 Livingston Blvd 49735, Gaylord, MI, 49735, United States
This annual event hosted by the American Association of University Women allows middle school girls to explore different fields of STEM thorough hands on activities led by female role models and STEM professionals.
Amy Cannon (Beyond Benign Executive Director) will be the Keynote Speaker and will be leading a workshop along side Saskia Van Bergen (Washington State Department of Ecology). Their workshop is called Good CHEMISTRY: Use “green chemistry” to make and test products that are safe for our environment.

Essex Elementary School STEM Night
2019-04-26 17:00 - 19:30 | Essex Elementary School, 12 Story St., Essex, MA, 01929, United States
Free event for students to engage in hands-on STEM activities. Beyond Benign Outreach Fellows from Gordon College will be there, along with other exhibitors such as: Society of Women Engineers, the Whale Mobile, Crazy Chemistry, Appleton Farms, and many more!

Cambridge Science Festival: Science Carnival and Robot Zoo
2019-04-13 12:00 - 16:00
Explore over 150 hands-on activities with local scientists, researchers, and STEM educators. Indoors and out at the Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School and War Memorial. Come find Beyond Benign Outreach Fellows who will be there leading an activity. There are events happening all week, so check out the full schedule!

Chemists Celebrate Earth Day
2019-04-13 11:00 - 15:00 | Museum of Science, Boston, MA, 02114, United States
Chemists Celebrate Earth Week at the Blue Wing of Museum of Science on Saturday April 13, 2019 from 11.00 am – 3.00 pm. The theme for event this year is Paper “Take Note: The Chemistry of Paper”. This event is open to the public! Beyond Benign Outreach Fellows will be facilitating an activity about how shark skin inspired an antibacterial film called Sharklet.

National Science Teachers Association National Conference
2019-04-11 - 2019-04-14 | America’s Center Convention Complex, 701 Convention Plaza, St Louis, MO, 63101, United States
Beyond Benign Lead Teachers Bob Baldo, Tanya Elmers and Jon Baek will all be leading workshops at the National Science Teachers Association. Come to booth 1641 to learn how to integrate green chemistry into your elementary, middle, and high school classrooms.
Join us on Sunday April 14th at 11am for Learning from Nature: STEAM Investigations for the Elementary Classroom.
