U.S. SECTION (Estab.1972)

2009 Spring Meeting 6.00 p.m., Saturday, June 6, 2009

The British Embassy

3100 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20008
(202) 588 6500

A large and enthusiastic crowd heard about Green Solutions to some of our planets biggest challenges at a meeting of the Royal Society of Chemistry at the British Embassy in Washington D.C. on Saturday, June 6^th. Dr. Robert Peoples, Director of the American Chemistry Society’s Green Chemistry Institute, discussed “Big Challenges, Big Green Chemistry Solutions”.

The audience heard about a sustainability tsunami – the “going green” wave - that is sweeping the globe. The view from space teaches people that the earth is a small sphere, home to more than 6 billion people. Science teaches that our fragile planet has limited resources and we have exceeded those limits in recent decades. Dr. Peoples discussed the increasing demands for those limited resources and how green chemistry holds the key to a sustainable path forward.

Dr. Robert Peoples (center), Kishore Bagga (L, Member-at-Large RSC US) and Les McQuire (R, Secretary RSC US).	Dr. Robert Peoples gives his talk.	Dinner at the British Embassy
		Kishore Bagga introduces Dr. Peoples