What is Green Chemistry?
Green chemistry protects the environment, not by cleaning up, but by inventing new chemistry and new chemical processes that do not pollute. Green chemistry emphasizes renewable starting materials for a bio-based economy. Click here to see the Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry.
Who are we?
The Canadian chapter of The Green Chemistry Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to promote green chemistry to protect human health and the environment.
What's New?
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
16th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference
June 18-20, 2012, Washington, DC
Gordon Research Conferences, Green Chemistry
July 22-27, 2012, Lucca (Barga), Italy
CANADIAN GREEN CHEMISTRY WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS to McGill University. Assistant professors of Chemistry, Tomislav Friscic and Jean-Philip Lumb joined McGill University this August. We're excited to welcome them to CGCN! For more information on lectures in the Chemistry Department at McGill, see http://www.chemistry.mcgill.ca.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
No available positions at this time.
NOMINATE CHEMISTRY PROFESSIONALS!
Recognize outstanding scientific discoveries through a variety of ACS Green
Chemistry Awards, deadlines vary.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Call for
abstracts open for the Spring 2012
243rd ACS National Meeting in San Diego, California.