Universidad Iberoamericana, Ciudad de México
The Coordination of the Departmental Chemistry Service at Universidad Iberoamericana provides the different chemistry courses that are taught to undergraduate programs. For several years, all the experiments carried out in the chemistry laboratories are done in microscale, and in those courses where some kind of chemical synthesis is done, green metrics are taught. A few years ago, we began a project to incorporate competencies for sustainability in the curricula, connecting scientific learning with socio-environmental problems from a critical, anticipatory, self-awarness, problem-solving, and systems thinking perspective. However, we believe that this process is constant and that we must continue working in the embedding of the 12 principles of green chemistry, and we have to design a strategy to include toxicity analysis in the different subjects. This is with the objective to contribute as an educational institution to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals for the construction of a more sustainable world.
Chemical Engineering, Food Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Civil Engineering, and Physical Engineering.
General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Faculty Research
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Our short and medium term goals are to: 1) Incorporate a finer analysis of compliance of the 12 principles of green chemistry in the different syntheses that are carried out in chemistry laboratories; 2) Design a strategy to include toxicity analysis of chemical substances in the different chemistry courses taught, and 3) Request to the students the incorporation of toxicity criteria and analysis of the 12 principles of green chemistry into the projects carried out by them.
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Lapkin, A., Constable, D. (2009). Green Chemistry Metrics. Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Processes. Wiley.
López-Suero, C. Doria-Serrano, C. (2018). El reto de la ambientalización curricular de la carrera de Ingeniería Química de la Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México. Didac, 71, 64-69.
Mercer, S.M., Andraos, J., Jessop, P.G. (2012). Journal of Chemical Education. 89 (2), 215-220. DOI: 10.1021/ed200249v
Murga-Menoyo, M.A. (2016). Competencias para el desarrollo sostenible: las capacidades, actitudes y valores meta de la educación en el marco de la Agenda global post-2015. Foro de Educación, 13 (19). 55-83.
