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Sustainable Laboratory Chemistry - New Challenges and Effective Responses

14th June 2010 University of York


EVENT REVIEW:

This workshop at the University of York covered topics such as introducing sustainability into the chemistry curriculum; key sustainability knowledge for chemists; opportunities to minimise chemical consumption and costs, and to increase safety, through micro-scale experimentation and chemical management; the benefits of laboratory audits, and how to undertake them; and minimising the environmental impacts of fume cupboards and equipment.

Presentations from this event are available below:

What is a Sustainable Chemistry Laboratory
Prof. Peter James, Director S-Lab

Green Chemistry and the Sustainable Laboratory
Prof. James Clark, Professor, University of York and Director Green Chemistry Network

Sustainable Chemistry Learning in Schools
Prof. Sir John Holman, Director, National Science Learning Centre 

Micro-scale chemistry - Current Use and Future Opportunities
Colin Gibson, Snr Lecturer, University of Strathclyde

Greening the Chemistry Curriculum - Case Study
Dr Bev Lucas, Dr Tasnim Munshi, Amy Ridley and Ian Scowen, University of Bradford  

Occupants Matter: High Performance Design Meets Researchers
Dr Amorette Getty, University of Caifornia, Santa Barbara
 

Information Files:
P James - what is a sustainable chemistry lab (Filesize: 988 Kb)
J Holman - Sustainable Chemistry Learning in Schools (Filesize: 641 Kb)
C Gibson - Microscale Chemistry (Filesize: 4,886 Kb)
Bradford - Greening the Chemistry Curriculum (Filesize: 2,420 Kb)
J Clark - green Chemistry and the Sustainable Lab (Filesize: 5,483 Kb)
Getty- Occupants Matter (Filesize: 5,790 Kb)

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