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Beyond Benign provides educators with the tools, training, and support to make #GreenChemistry an integral part of chemistry education.

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Beyond Benign’s new Soy Chemistry Curriculum, created with Omni Tech International and supported by the United Soybean Board, uses soy as a lens for teaching #GreenChemistry and sustainability. 🌱🧪 Learn more here. buff.ly/eC49LN8

#GreenChemistryEducation #BioBasedChemistry #SoyChemistry
Renewable Feedstocks in Action: Bringing Soy-Based Chemistry to Undergraduate Classrooms - Beyond Benign
Today’s students want their science to matter. They want to see the role chemistry (and green chemistry) can play in addressing sustainability challenges such as climate change, rural economies, and…
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Beyond Benign is celebrating a season of milestones in building a safer, more sustainable future for chemistry education. Thank you to the educators, students, leaders, and partners advancing green chemistry in classrooms, labs, and communities worldwide. 💚

#GreenChemistryEducation
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November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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BIG NEWS! Beyond Benign has received a five-year, $1.83M grant from the National Science Foundation to launch Green Chemistry Professional Mentoring Networks, helping undergraduate educators integrate safer, more sustainable chemistry into their courses. 🎉 Learn more.
Beyond Benign Awarded $1.83M National Science Foundation Grant to Launch Green Chemistry Professional Mentoring Networks - Beyond Benign
Beyond Benign has been awarded a five-year, $1.83 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Undergraduate Education (IUSE Program). The funding will support the launch of…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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We are thrilled to welcome @uconn.bsky.social to the GCC! The Green Chemistry Initiative (GCI) played an integral role in bringing the GCC to their university. GCI is run by students dedicated to promoting #GreenChemistry & sustainability in research & education. www.beyondbenign.org/school_profi...
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November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Beyond Benign’s Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC) program has been selected as one of the @rsc.org's 2025 Horizon Prizes for Education recipients! We are deeply grateful for our GCC community and honored to receive this award. 💙 🎉 www.rsc.org/standards-an...
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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👋📚 Middle school & high school science teachers: Discover the transformative power of #GreenChemistry with Beyond Benign’s online professional development courses. Learn more and enroll today! www.beyondbenign.org/k12-online-c...
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Join our team! 🧪 Help advance #GreenChemistry education as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Beyond Benign in collaboration with @monmouthuniversity.bsky.social.

👉 Learn more and apply by December 1st or share this opportunity with your network! www.beyondbenign.org/people/open-...
November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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TOMORROW! Join our November #GreenChemistryConnections session to gain practical ideas, resources, and inspiration to develop or strengthen your #GreenChemistry outreach efforts! 💪

🔗 If you haven’t yet registered for this free series, RSVP here: mailchi.mp/afdfee950c76...
Green Chemistry Connections. Bridging Science & Society: Green Chemistry Outreach. November 19. 12-2 pm EST.
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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We are thrilled to welcome the University of Washington Bothell to the growing Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC)! 🌎 The Department of Physical Sciences is committed to upholding #GreenChemistry principles and actions that promote health and sustainability. www.beyondbenign.org/school_profi...
Welcome University of Washington Bothell to the GCC community!
November 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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📢 Calling New York-based teachers in grades 6-12! The NY Green Chemistry Professional Learning Team is a space where you can connect with your peers & develop your practice of #GreenChemistry in your labs. 👉 Join the first session on Nov. 18th from 7-8:30 p.m. EST: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Engage, learn, and connect with your peers at upcoming events! 🌐 Check out our November events bulletin to see what's coming up in the global #GreenChemistry community: us1.campaign-archive.com?e=e339dc8622...

✉️ Not subscribed? Sign up here: www.beyondbenign.org/email-list-s...
Connect with the global green chemistry community. explore upcoming events!
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Have you developed or adapted a #GreenChemistry experiment using Vernier technology? 🧪 Submit your work to the GCTLC's peer-reviewed Green Chemistry Experiments with Vernier collection by the extended deadline of November 30th! gctlc.org/green-chemis...

#GreenChemistryExperiments
Green Chemistry With Vernier
November 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Join us in celebrating St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai as a new Green Chemistry Commitment signer. 🎉 🌏 Beyond Benign Co-Founders Dr. Amy Cannon and Dr. John Warner attended the signing celebration in October alongside students, faculty, and college leadership. #GCCommit
Photo of John Warner and Amy Cannon and leaders at St. Xaviers College, Mumbia during the Green Chemistry Commitment signing ceremony in October
November 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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PFAS in metal plating? There’s a case study for that. 🧪 Explore how one company replaced a PFAS-based fume suppressant with a safer alternative. This case study, created by Beyond Benign with the New York State Pollution Prevention Institute, is available free on the #GCTLC: buff.ly/vRao2FH
November 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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In our October newsletter, we celebrate two years of the Green Chemistry Teaching & Learning Community (#GCTLC) by sharing updates from the platform and *lots!* of #GreenChemistry resources. 🌍 🧪 Explore it here: buff.ly/y7pBRV7

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Square Beyond Benign graphic with a teal hexagon background reads “Explore Our October Newsletter.” Center shows a newsletter preview with the Beyond Benign logo, a headshot banner labeled “A note from Dr. Alisha Szozda, GCTLC Chief Moderator,” and body text beginning “Dear Friend,” announcing the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community’s second anniversary and its role as a global hub for safer, more sustainable, and inclusive chemistry education.
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Join us for the next #GreenChemistryConnections session to explore how educators around the world are advancing #GreenChemistry through outreach, community engagement, and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

🗓️ Nov. 19th
⏰ 12-2 p.m. EST
🔗 RSVP free: mailchi.mp/afdfee950c76...
Graphic for the November Green Chemistry Connections Session, "Bridging Science & Society: Green Chemistry Outreach"
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Beyond Benign’s new Soy Chemistry Curriculum, created with Omni Tech International and supported by the United Soybean Board, uses soy as a lens for teaching #GreenChemistry and sustainability. 🌱🧪 Learn more here. buff.ly/eC49LN8

#GreenChemistryEducation #BioBasedChemistry #SoyChemistry
Renewable Feedstocks in Action: Bringing Soy-Based Chemistry to Undergraduate Classrooms - Beyond Benign
Today’s students want their science to matter. They want to see the role chemistry (and green chemistry) can play in addressing sustainability challenges such as climate change, rural economies, and…
www.beyondbenign.org
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Please join us in welcoming the University of San Francisco (USF) to the Green Chemistry Commitment (GCC)! 🌱 USF is integrating #GreenChemistry and environmental justice into its curriculum—from solvent swaps and training to cross-disciplinary projects. Learn more:https://buff.ly/t30Itb4
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November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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The Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (#GCTLC) is now made up of more than 3,000 members from 100+ countries! 🎉

🌍 Join the movement: Create your free profile and join the community of educators, students, and scientists advancing #GreenChemistry worldwide: gctlc.org/form/registr...
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October 31, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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📣 We're hiring! Beyond Benign is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join our team and support a national effort to advance #GreenChemistry education. 🌱 Learn more & apply: www.beyondbenign.org/people/open-...

#GreenChemistryEducation #STEMCareers #GreenChemistry
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Get free, classroom-ready K-12 #GreenChemistry resources delivered directly to your inbox! 🌱 Our new Green Sparks email series delivers a short video + a ready-to-use activity every two weeks. No fluff, less prep. 💪

Sign up here: mailchi.mp/764561ca7224...
A bright promotional graphic for Beyond Benign’s “Green Sparks.” On the left, an illustrated yellow and orange Bunsen burner with a flame sits in front of lime green and teal burst lines. On the right, large bold text reads: “Sign Up! GREEN SPARKS.” Below that, smaller text says: “Igniting Curiosity and Sustainability in K–12 Classrooms.” The Beyond Benign logo and the words “beyondbenign | green chemistry education” appear at the bottom. The background is teal with an organic lime green shape along the bottom right.
October 29, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Welcome Tyler Schisler, our new Technical Program Manager. He brings healthcare tech and IT leadership experience and a master’s from Ball State University. Tyler will strengthen systems for educators and the green chemistry community.

#GreenChemistry #GreenChemistryEducation
Graphic announcing a new team member at Beyond Benign. The top of the image has a bright yellow banner with the text “Meet our newest team member!” Below the banner is a circular headshot of a person smiling, wearing a light blue button-down shirt, with short brown hair, in front of a blurred brick background. Beneath the photo is the name “Tyler Schisler” in large white text and the title “Technical Program Manager” in smaller white text. At the bottom is the Beyond Benign logo and the words “beyondbenign – green chemistry education” on a dark teal background.
October 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Bienvenue to l’Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières—our newest Green Chemistry Commitment signer! 🎉 UQTR embeds green chemistry in teaching, research, and community engagement and is building the new Pellerin-Marmen Pavillon lab to accelerate sustainable technologies. Learn more: buff.ly/dnxaQRC
Dark teal and white welcome graphic. On the left, white text reads: “WELCOME Université du Québec à Trois Rivières to the GCC community!” At the bottom left is the Green Chemistry Commitment badge with an icon of a beaker wearing a graduation cap and the text “GREEN CHEMISTRY COMMITMENT beyondbenign.org.” On the right, against a white background with a faint hexagon pattern, is the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) shield logo in green, gold, white, and black, along with the university name in French. The Beyond Benign logo appears at the bottom right with the tagline “green chemistry education.”
October 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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@rsc.org’s new cross-journal collection spotlights Latin American chemistry, co-edited by Beyond Benign’s Dr. Juliana Vidal. 🌎 Explore the research: pubs.rsc.org/en/journals/...

#GreenChemistry #LatinAmericanChemistry #SustainableScience
Royal Society of Chemistry graphic titled “Celebrating Latin American Chemistry.” Subhead: Themed Collection, guest edited by Gabriel Merino, Juliana Vidal, Aldo J.G. Zarbin, Galo J.A.A. Soler-Illia, and Laura Hinojosa-Reyes. Body text notes a cross-journal collection supporting LatinXChem. Beyond Benign logo on a teal background at the bottom.
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Bring #GreenChemistry into your classroom. 🧪 New self-paced course for higher-ed with practical tools to embed sustainability and link chemistry to real-world challenges. ▶️ Register free: courses.beyondbenign.org/an-introduct...

#BeyondBenignCourses #GreenChemistryEducation #HigherEdTeaching
Beyond Benign Courses cover reading “An Introduction to Undergraduate Green Chemistry Teaching and Practice,” on a teal background with line-art icons: beakers, a computer on an easel, a notebook with a pencil, and test tubes with a sprouting leaf.
October 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Join us TOMORROW, 1–3 p.m. ET, for Beyond Benign’s Greener Curriculum Showcase on #SoyChemistry—learn to adapt case studies and build your own with a new guide co-created with ACS GCI. RSVP: mailchi.mp/3103f7ad2969... 📚🌱
“Greener Curriculum Showcase Series” event graphic. Subhead: virtual workshops on green chemistry curriculum materials. October session: “Green Chemistry and Sustainability Case Studies in the Classroom.” Date/time: October 23, 2025, 1–3 p.m. EDT. Hosted by Beyond Benign; teal molecular background.
October 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM