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Sustainability Radical resource productivity Whole system design Biomimicry Green chemistry

Sustainability Radical resource productivity Whole system design Biomimicry Green chemistry Industrial ecology Renewable energy Green nanotechnology. Green Chemistry (Sustainable Chemistry).

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Sustainability Radical resource productivity Whole system design Biomimicry Green chemistry

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  1. Sustainability Radical resource productivity Whole system design Biomimicry Green chemistry Industrial ecology Renewable energy Green nanotechnology

  2. Green Chemistry (Sustainable Chemistry) design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances. Source: Anastas, P. T & Warner, J. C. Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice

  3. Green Chemistry (Sustainable Chemistry) 12 Principles of Green Chemistry: Source: Anastas, P. T & Warner, J. C. Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice

  4. Green Chemistry (Sustainable Chemistry) 12 Principles of Green Chemistry (continued): Source: Anastas, P. T & Warner, J. C. Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice

  5. Green Chemistry (Sustainable Chemistry) Products of Green Chemistry: Bioplastics. Plastics made from plants, including corn, potatoes or other agricultural products, even agricultural waste. Products already available are forks, knives and spoons made from potato starch and biodegradable packaging made from corn.

  6. Green Engineering 9 Principles of Green Engineering: Source: EPA 2006, What is Green Engineering?

  7. Green Engineering 9 Principles of Green Engineering (continued): Source: EPA 2006, What is Green Engineering?

  8. Earth Systems Engineering A multidisciplinary (engineering, science, social science, and governance) process of solution development that takes a holistic view of natural and human system interactions is known as Earth Systems Engineering. - US National Academy for Engineering

  9. Earth Systems Engineering Earth System Engineering emphasizes five main characteristics that apply to all branches of engineering

  10. Earth Systems Engineering Characteristic 1: Our ability to cause planetary change through technology is growing faster than our ability to understand and manage the technical, social, economic, environmental, and ethical consequences of such change. Since modern engineering systems have the power to significantly affect the environment far into the future, many engineering decisions cannot be made independently of the surrounding natural and human-made systems. http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/ESSPCLP-Intro_to_SD-PreliminariesKeynote1.aspx

  11. Earth Systems Engineering Characteristic 2: The traditional approach that engineering is only a process to devise and implement a chosen solution amid several purely technical options must be challenged. A more holistic approach to engineering requires an understanding of interactions between engineered and non-engineered systems, inclusion of non-technical issues, and a system approach (rather than a Cartesian approach) to simulate and comprehend such interactions. http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/ESSPCLP-Intro_to_SD-PreliminariesKeynote1.aspx

  12. Earth Systems Engineering Characteristic 3: The quality of engineering decisions in society directly affects the quality of life of human and natural systems today and in the future. http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/ESSPCLP-Intro_to_SD-PreliminariesKeynote1.aspx

  13. Earth Systems Engineering Characteristic 4: There is a need for a new educational approach that will give engineering students a broader perspective beyond technical issues and an exposure to the principles of sustainable development, renewable resources management, and systems thinking. This does not mean that existing engineering curricula need to be changed in their entirety. Rather, new holistic components need to be integrated, emphasizing more of a system approach to engineering education. http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/ESSPCLP-Intro_to_SD-PreliminariesKeynote1.aspx

  14. Earth Systems Engineering Characteristic 5: Multi-disciplinary research is needed to create new quantitative tools and methods to better manage non-natural systems so that such systems have a longer life cycle and are less disruptive to natural systems in general. http://www.naturaledgeproject.net/ESSPCLP-Intro_to_SD-PreliminariesKeynote1.aspx

  15. [engineers should] strive to accomplish the beneficial objectives of their work with the lowest possible consumption of raw materials and energy and the lowest production of wastes and any kind of pollution. - 2001 Model Code of Ethics The World Federation of Engineering Organisations

  16. Sustainability Radical resource productivity Whole system design Biomimicry Green chemistry Industrial ecology Renewable energy Green nanotechnology

  17. Green Nanotechnology Nanotechnology is the study and control of matter in the dimension of 1 to 100 nanometers 1 m = 109 nm For an Introduction to Green nanotechnology, read the article by Karen F. Schmidt Uploaded at the CP551 page of www.rshanthini.com

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