Green Chemistry:  The Next Technology Wave

 A videotape of the opening presentations from "Green Chemistry:  The Next Technology Wave", a conference held in Portland, OR on July 25, 2001, is now available. This is a one of-a-kind educational video that brings together the world's leading experts on Green Chemistry, an important tool for sustainability that designs out waste and toxics at the molecular level. The conference received overwhelmingly positive reviews from  attendees, who found the speakers highly informative and entertaining. The presentations provide a solid, non-technical background on Green Chemistry and numerous real world examples of businesses that have increased profits and improved their environmental performance by using Green Chemistry. The tape contains the following presentations:

• Green Chemistry: Background and Drivers,
• Green Chemistry:  Basics for Business,
• Examples from the Agricultural, Polymer, Pulp and Paper and Textile Industries

The speakers are:

Dr. Paul Anastas, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, formerly Branch Chief of the Industrial Chemicals Branch, U.S. EPA

Dr. John Warner, formerly of Polaroid Corporation and currently chair of the Chemistry Department at University of Massachusetts-Boston

Dr. Mary Kirchhoff, Assistant Director of the Green Chemistry Institute of the American Chemical Society 

This 110 minute videotape is available through the Zero Waste Alliance and the International Sustainable Development Foundation (ISDF). The tape was not produced or recorded professionally, but it still has high video and production quality. For more information please contact us at the address below.  To order a copy please send a check or purchase order for $30 to:

(Sorry, no credit card orders.  Shipping and handling are included in the purchase price for U.S. orders. Please contact Zero Waste Alliance for shipping and handling charges on international orders.)

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