Green Chemistry Better Living Through Nature

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The myth that’s out there is that we need toxic substances to have our quality of life. Green Chemistry is dispelling that myth everyday and the more awareness we have of the power and potential of green chemistry the greater the rate of adoption and implementation is going to be toward a sustainable civilization.”

Paul Anastas, the father of Green Chemistry

Green Chemistry sounds like a contradiction in terms. The chemicals we find in our food, consumer products, pharmaceuticals and so much else are complex synthetic compounds far removed from their sources in the natural world. And for all their effectiveness and convenience they’re also often toxic to nature and some to the human body. Not just the ones in the products we use but those that are used and discarded in the manufacturing process which often linger long afterward in the environment.

But imagine a world where our man made chemistry is benign and as elegant as nature’s own patterns because it’s modeled on natural processes.

The chemicals we manufacture for modern needs are complex synthetic compounds. Most are untested and some are toxic to nature and the human body. But the new science of green chemistry offers the possibility of products that are “benign by design,” modeled on natural processes. Join us as we explore how by following the lead of nature we may be able to transform petro-chemistry into biochemistry. To learn more, listen to the audio presentations about Green Chemistry availalbe from A World of Possibilities, links below.

Green Chemistry Better Living Through Nature

Guests:
Janine Benyus, President of the Board, Biomimicry Institute
Dr. Paul Anastas, Director for the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering; Professor in the Practice of Green Chemistry, Yale University
Beverley Thorpe, Director, Clean Production Action (International)
Dr. John Warner, President and Chief Technology Officer, Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry

(Click on a guest’s name to listen to their full unedited interview.)

In 2007, I attended the annual Bioneers conference with Narelle and Colin Chenery, directors for ONEgroup. Paul Anastas was a plenary speaker at the conference that year.

While all the products that ONEgroup manufactures already fit in the category of Green Chemistry, Colin and Narelle were particularly inspired after hearing Paul’s presentation at the conference. They returned home to Australia that fall with the intention of creating a new cleaning product specifically formulated using the 12 principles of Green Chemistry.

Thus the creation of Biodegradeable Dishwashing Concentrate by ONEgroup.

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