Assessing awareness of green chemistry as a tool for advancing sustainability

Loste, Natalia; Chinarro, David; Gómez, Manuel Asensio; Roldán, Esther; Giner, Beatriz

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120392

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“…Chen et al stated that circular economies (i.e., an economy that gradually decouples economic activity from finite resources consumption) should always aim to balance economic growth, resource sustainability, and environmental protection [ 5 ]. The challenge for biodiversity-rich countries and scientists working in these countries is to collect and convert knowledge from biological resources into processes, compounds, methods, and tools, which need to be achieved along with sustainable use and exploitation of biological diversity [ 6 , 7 , 8 ]. In addition to that, biodiversity exploration has been presented to the international scientific community as a promoter of the responsible use of nature, and as a means of obtaining non-harmful components as well.…”

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Green Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles from Plant Extracts and Their Possible Applications as Antimicrobial Agents in the Agricultural Area

Henríquez¹,

et al. 2020

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Currently, metal nanoparticles have varied uses for different medical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural applications. Nanobiotechnology, combined with green chemistry, has great potential for the development of novel and necessary products that benefit human health, environment, and industries. Green chemistry has an important role due to its contribution to unconventional synthesis methods of gold and silver nanoparticles from plant extracts, which have exhibited antimicrobial potential, among other outstanding properties. Biodiversity-rich countries need to collect and convert knowledge from biological resources into processes, compounds, methods, and tools, which need to be achieved along with sustainable use and exploitation of biological diversity. Therefore, this paper describes the relevant reported green synthesis of gold and silver nanoparticles from plant extracts and their capacity as antimicrobial agents within the agricultural field for fighting against bacterial and fungal pathogens that can cause plant, waterborne, and foodborne diseases. Moreover, this work makes a brief review of nanoparticles’ contribution to water treatment and the development of “environmentally-friendly” nanofertilizers, nanopesticides, and nanoherbicides, as well as presenting the harmful effects of nanoparticles accumulation in plants and soils.

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Green Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles from Plant Extracts and Their Possible Applications as Antimicrobial Agents in the Agricultural Area

Henríquez¹,

et al. 2020

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“…The results further reveal that FPINDEX increases CO 2 emissions with an elasticity estimate of 0.152% while increases 1% increase in FPINDEX, which confirmed the existence of FFP across countries. The need for progression in green production technologies [25], shifted non-renewable fuels with renewable fuels [26], food regulation and monitoring programmes [27], hygienic food production [28], low carbon oil-burning stoves [29], etc., are the few sustainable action policies to mitigate CO 2 emissions. The hump-shaped relationship found between KNOW and CO 2 emissions, as KNOW first increases CO 2 emissions while its second-degree coefficient substantially decreases CO 2 emissions to verify KKC hypothesis.…”

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Dynamic Linkages between Green Energy, Knowledge Spillover, and Carbon Emissions: Global Evidence

Anser¹,

Khan²,

Nassani³

et al. 2021

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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The nexus between CO 2 emissions and economic growth (EG) is largely discussed under the literature of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) [1][2]. The study extended the EKC modeling by including KS, RE demand, FP, FDI inflows, and TOP to testing the four different plausible hypotheses, including, KKC, PHH, FFP, and energy associated emissions (EAE). The KKC is the bond between CO 2 emissions and KS, which is expected to have a positive relationship at an initial level while it becomes negative at the

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“…Among the papers, ten included related approaches besides LCA, e.g. ecodesign, green chemistry, sustainable development, energy efficiency and circular economy (Loste et al 2020;Oude Luttikhuis et al 2015;Roure et al 2018;Sahakian and Seyfang 2018). Although there is a consensus on the importance of considering sustainability in the academic curriculum of all areas, the majority of LCA courses identified (21) is applied to graduate or undergraduate students following an engineering or technology path.…”

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Teaching life cycle assessment in higher education

Viere

Amor

Berger

et al. 2020

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Purpose Scientific Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) literature provides some examples of LCA teaching in higher education, but not a structured overview of LCA teaching contents and related competencies. Hence this paper aims at assessing and highlighting trends in LCA learning outcomes, teaching approaches and developed content used to equip graduates for their future professional practices in sustainability. Methods Based on a literature review on teaching LCA in higher education and a collaborative consensus building approach through expert group panel discussions, an overview of LCA learning and competency levels with related teaching contents and corresponding workload is developed. The levels are built on the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) and Bloom’s taxonomy of learning. Results and discussion The paper frames five LCA learning and competency levels that differ in terms of study program integration, workload, cognitive domain categories, learning outcomes, and envisioned professional skills. It furthermore provides insights into teaching approaches and content, including software use, related to these levels. Conclusions and recommendations This paper encourages and supports higher educational bodies to implement a minimum of ‘life cycle literacy’ into students’ curriculum across various domains by increasing the availability, visibility and quality of their teaching on life cycle thinking and LCA.

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Assessing awareness of green chemistry as a tool for advancing sustainability

Cited by 24 publications

References 46 publications

Green Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles from Plant Extracts and Their Possible Applications as Antimicrobial Agents in the Agricultural Area

Green Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles from Plant Extracts and Their Possible Applications as Antimicrobial Agents in the Agricultural Area

Dynamic Linkages between Green Energy, Knowledge Spillover, and Carbon Emissions: Global Evidence

Teaching life cycle assessment in higher education

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