Green Chemistry: from Knowledge to Action

Curso de Formação

Ano Letivo 2024/2025

Welcome to the course "Green Chemistry: from Knowledge to Action"! We currently live in a world facing unprecedented environmental and social challenges. Climate change, the scarcity of natural resources and pollution are, among other things, global problems that require innovative and urgent solutions. Green chemistry can help to meet some of these challenges! Green Chemistry (GC), also known as Sustainable Chemistry, can be defined as "the design, development and implementation of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances". It is based on 12 fundamental principles known as "The 12 Principles of Green Chemistry".The main objectives of this e-learning course are to provide trainees with the knowledge and skills to identify, select and implement sustainable and responsible methodologies in the field of chemistry, in line with the 12 principles of Green Chemistry and the 17 SDGs. In this course, in addition to the history, definition and importance of QoL, the 12 principles of QoL and some of the main metrics will be covered. The activities to be carried out are diverse, with the final one being the development of an educational or other resource, Sign up and be part of this positive change!