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Laura Barnes

Laura Barnes

Sustainability Information Curator

she/her/hers

Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC)

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[email protected]

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https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YD-OFzAAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4956-8214

Bio

I am a degreed librarian with extensive experience in providing information services to and curating information for pollution prevention technical assistance engineers and environmental scientists. From 2012-2019, I served as Executive Director of the Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable, a U.S. EPA-funded pollution prevention information center, where I developed information products for and facilitated networking and information sharing among pollution prevention technical assistance providers in the Great Lakes states. I also advised other centers in EPA’s P2Rx National Network on new ways to organize, gather, and share information. I founded and author the Environmental News Bits blog, have taught workshops on sustainability planning for businesses and organizations, and have published on the topic of sustainability in libraries. I hold a B.A. in History and M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

About

GCTLC Roles

  1. Advisory Committee
  2. Learning Object Peer Reviewers
  3. Forum Moderators
  4. DEBR Subcommittee Member

Languages

  1. English

Keywords Tags/Expertise

  1. Library
  2. Pollution Prevention
  3. Sustainability
  4. Safer Consumer Products
Learning Objects Authored

Published

Title Authors and Co-authors Published on
Roles of Systems Thinking within Green Chemistry Education: Reflections from Identified Challenges in a Disadvantaged Context Laura L. Barnes Learning Objets
Values Are More Than Statements: Connecting Actions to Values to Build Inclusive Cultures in Chemistry Research Groups Laura L. Barnes Learning Objets
Pilot Project: Chemical Waste Minimization in the Educational Laboratory: Final Report Laura L. Barnes Learning Objets
Incorporating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awareness and Knowledge in a First-Semester Organic Chemistry Classroom Laura L. Barnes Learning Objets
Environmental Activities for the Classroom: Product Life-Cycle Analysis Laura L. Barnes Learning Objets
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Title Authors and Co-authors Submitted on
Problem-Based Learning in Sustainable Chemistry: A Student Startup Model with PET as a Case Study. David Palomas Learning Objets
Lab Waste Audit Toolkit: A step-by-step process to reduce plastic waste in the lab Learning Objets
Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chatbots and Green Chemistry Principles in the Synthesis of Cyclohexene Ji Kim Learning Objets
Colorful and Creative Chemistry: Making Simple Sustainable Paints with Natural Pigments and Binders Learning Objets
Problem Solve Your School-Using engineering design process Learning Objets
Enhancing chemistry understanding and attitudes through an outreach education program on circular plastic economy: a case study with Thai twelfth-grade students Learning Objets
Student participation in a coastal water quality citizen science project and its contribution to the conceptual and procedural learning of chemistry Learning Objets
Case study: Microplastics in cosmetics Learning Objets
Upcycling Waste Polycarbonate into N,N’-Diphenylethylurea: A Hands-On Experiment for Undergraduate Chemistry Laboratories Learning Objets
Ethics of Chemistry: The Design, Delivery, and Assessment of a Third-Year Course Emma Davy Learning Objets
The relevance of sustainable laboratory practices Thomas Freese, N Elzinga, Michael Lerch Learning Objets
Green chemistry tools to influence a medicinal chemistry and research chemistry based organisation Learning Objets
Fact Sheet: Solvent Alternatives Learning Objets
Teaching green chemistry, sustainability ethics, and toxicity using nail polish removers Meghna Dilip Learning Objets
Microwave Synthesis of a Prominent LED Phosphor for School Students: Chemistry’s Contribution to Sustainable Lighting Learning Objets
Integrating Green and Sustainable Chemistry into Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories: Closing and Assessing the Loop on the Basis of a Citrus Biorefinery Approach for the Biocircular Economy in Brazil Vania Zuin Zeidler Learning Objets
Integrating Social Justice into the Chemistry Curriculum: Setting the Ethical Foundation for Future Scientists Learning Objets
Green Goggles: Designing and Teaching a General Chemistry Course to Nonmajors Using a Green Chemistry Approach Sarah Prescott Learning Objets
Systems thinking approaches for international green chemistry education Glenn Hurst Learning Objets
Roles of Systems Thinking within Green Chemistry Education: Reflections from Identified Challenges in a Disadvantaged Context Laura L. Barnes Learning Objets
Values Are More Than Statements: Connecting Actions to Values to Build Inclusive Cultures in Chemistry Research Groups Laura L. Barnes Learning Objets
Pilot Project: Chemical Waste Minimization in the Educational Laboratory: Final Report Laura L. Barnes Learning Objets
Incorporating Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awareness and Knowledge in a First-Semester Organic Chemistry Classroom Laura L. Barnes Learning Objets
Environmental Activities for the Classroom: Product Life-Cycle Analysis Laura L. Barnes Learning Objets

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ECEC 2026 April 28-29, 2026 Champaign, IL Illinois Sustainable Technology Center Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant 2026 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference (ECEC26)

Join the the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center and Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant for the 2026 Emerging Contaminants in the Environment Conference (ECEC26) on April 28-29, 2026 online and in-person in Champaign, IL. The conference will feature presentations and poster sessions on

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