The Brazilian Green Chemistry School

The difficulties in introducing new courses and areas of concentration at the undergraduate level are readily apparent by an inspection of the rules and regulations that are applied by the Ministry of Education and the Federal 

A rather more complex situation became evident when students were asked to show their understanding of the material that was presented but discovered that processes based on one of the twelve principles did not necessarily represent the best combination of the other eleven, nor the best alternative in terms of the real world. This circumstance led to the interruption of classes and the organization of workshops. Here members of the staff and researchers from industry and other organizations got together to discuss topics of common interest and define tools and concepts that should be included in lectures, such as metrics, supply chains and life cycles. These discussions also served to identify researchers in other fields that work with these topics. 

The ACS Green Chemistry Institute (GCI) is very active in promoting activities related to education and cooperation with industry and had sent a representative to the workshop that outlined the Green Chemistry Network. This was the starting point for a very useful exchange of ideas with GCI (including conversations by phone) which also provided materials used in courses and outreaeh aetivities. The text Introduction to Green Chemistry v/ s particularly useful but also had to be adapted to local situations. 

During the last three years graduate courses in green chemistry have been offered during the summer periods of 2012, 2013 and 2014. Green chemistry is also ineluded in other courses, partieularly those on the chemical industry, petrochemistry and organic processes in the oil, natural gas and biofuel seetors. A specific course on its impact on the chemical industry was offered this year. 

Introduction The development of green chemistry concepts historical perspective and ethical guidelines 

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Introducing Green Chemistry into Graduate Courses at the Brazilian Green Chemistry School... 

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