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Now in its 37th year, the Bioneers Conference convenes activists, scientists, educators, artists, Indigenous leaders, and community organizers to share solutions and foster connections across social and environmental movements. Bioneers 2026 will offer main-stage talks, performances, in-depth discussions, hands-on workshops, an Indigenous Forum, youth programs, and collaborative opportunities over three days in Berkeley, California.

Each conference day includes a morning plenary at Zellerbach Hall beginning at 9 a.m., followed by afternoon and evening panels, interactive sessions, films, performances, and networking events at various downtown Berkeley venues.

If you are attending, don’t miss presentations from Beyond Benign Co-Founders Dr. John Warner and Dr. Amy Cannon on Saturday, March 28th: 

• Keynote: Dr. John Warner – “Biomimicry at the Molecular Level—Inventing a Sustainable Future” (March 28th, 9:40–10:02 a.m., Zellerbach Hall)  | In this talk, John will share his vision of how we can draw from the molecular design genius of nature, which has been running countless rigorous chemistry experiments for nearly 4 billion years, to create benign products and technologies that provide for human needs without contaminating the biosphere and endangering our health.
• Panel: Green Chemistry Innovation and Education featuring Dr. John Warner and Dr. Amy Cannon (March 28th, 4:45–6 p.m.) | Our educational systems need to be transformed to prepare chemists and scientists to design more sustainable products. In this panel, John and Amy will share their work on key initiatives, such as the Green Chemistry Commitment, which equips universities to integrate green chemistry across curricula, research, and training. These initiatives and more are enabling a new generation of scientists to create breakthrough technologies that will enable a more sustainable, circular, and regenerative economy and society. 

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Join the global chemistry community at ACS Spring 2026 from March 22nd to 26th! This year’s hybrid event, taking place in Atlanta, Georgia, and online, will center on the theme “Collaborate. Innovate. Transform.”  

Members of the Beyond Benign team and community will attend and present at this year’s gathering. Stay tuned for more information about our participation soon!

🗓️ Date: March 22nd-26th, 2026
📍 Location: Atlanta, GA (Georgia World Congress Center) + Online  

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Mark your calendar for the upcoming Ask Me Anything (AMA) interview with Dr. Elizabeth Braun, Director of Educational Content and Learning at the Lab Safety Institute. From January 27th to 30th, Elizabeth will answer questions from the community and share her expertise in the Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC) forums!

At the Lab Safety Institute, Elizabeth collaborates with educators, administrators, and district leaders to strengthen safety culture and promote green chemistry across STEM classrooms. She focuses on systems-level improvement—supporting schools as they rethink chemical management, instructional practices, and professional learning to align safety and sustainability. Her work bridges policy, pedagogy, and practice to make safer science accessible to every learning environment.

💬 This is a conversation you won’t want to miss! Get your questions ready and meet us in the forums. 

PS: If you missed previous AMA interviews or want to revisit the insights shared, you can explore them here.

Although significant efforts have been made to reduce the environmental impact of active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) production, the use of organic solvents—responsible for about 75% of the total energy consumption—remains a critical step in many processes. Solvent-free synthesis through mechanochemistry aligns with several of the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry, offering a more environmentally responsible alternative for chemical synthesis. 

Join us for a free webinar on December 9th from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST to hear from Dr. Evelina Colacino, Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier, who will discuss the application of mechanochemical methods to the preparation of World Health Organization essential medicines at various scales. Using green chemistry metrics, we evaluate the environmental and economic benefits of mechanochemistry, demonstrating its potential to advance greener and more sustainable pharmaceutical manufacturing. 

🌎 This webinar is part of the “Promoting Chemistry Applied to World Needs” series, hosted by Beyond Benign and the IUPAC Committee on Chemical Research Applied to World Needs (CHEMRAWN). If you haven’t yet registered for this series, sign up here. 

From agriculture to pharmaceuticals to consumer electronics, chemistry makes modern life possible. However, resources are finite, and climate change is exacerbating environmental issues. Join the “CAS Insights Webinar: Key Trends in Green Chemistry” on November 20th at 10 a.m. EST for insights from a panel of experts, including Beyond Benign Co-Founder and Executive Director, Dr. Amy Cannon. Amy will join Dan Bailey of Takeda and Leighton Jones of CAS to discuss some of the most important trends that are helping support our economies with innovative chemistry that’s also greener.

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 the latest in emerging contaminants research, policies, and outreach, including research, public health, policy, management, outreach, and education. There will also be ample opportunities for discussion and networking.

This year's conference will feature sessions on:

• agricultural chemicals
• algal toxins
• per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
• pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) (including naturally occurring hormones)
• plastics and microplastics (including microplastic fibers)
• other emerging contaminants

From biomimicry to toxicology, green chemistry offers powerful solutions to some of the world’s most pressing crises. During the 2025-2026 Green Chemistry Connections webinar series, we will zero in on the powerfully adaptable principles of green chemistry and their role in forming connections between educators, industry, and advocates.

How? This season's speakers are a host of changemakers from diverse professions—each working to apply green chemistry in unique and inventive ways. K-12 educators, higher education faculty, students, industry professionals, advocates, and all are welcome to join these interactive monthly conversations.

 

Event Details:

• Who: Anyone in the green chemistry and sustainability community. Bring your friends and colleagues!
• What: A chance to hear from community leaders and connect with your peers.
• When: The third Wednesday of each month from 12 to 2 p.m. ET, October 2025 through May 2026.
• Where: Online! After you register, check your email for the webinar link.

By signing up below, you will be registered for all events and have access to recordings! 

Are you an aspiring chemist, a passionate climate advocate, or an interested member of the public? Do you want to change the world through science? Join us throughout 2025 to learn from experts in the field leading the charge to solve existential, world needs through chemistry.

During this webinar series, speakers will orient their presentations around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Top 10 Emerging Technologies to demonstrate the power that chemists hold in shaping and preserving the future. Each talk will be accompanied by short videos on the topic geared toward high school and university chemistry students as well as the general public.

This series is hosted by Beyond Benign and the IUPAC Committee on Chemical Research Applied to World Needs (CHEMRAWN). Register below and invite your friends and colleagues!

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

The total volume of water on earth is constant at 1021 liters. India has 4% of the global fresh-water resources with ~20% of the global population. Therefore, majority of Indian sub-continent is suffering from acute water stress. Equitable access to clean potable water is both a direct, important target of United National Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 6) and simultaneously carries significance to several other SDGs (SDG 3,7,13,15). Therefore, sustainable, cost-effective and affordable recovery of freshwater from contaminated water feedstock is the need of the hour to ensure it equitable access.

Solar-thermal interfacial evaporation offers immense and hitherto untapped potential for energy-efficient, sustainable freshwater production. However, fundamental challenges in materials and system-design result in low water evaporation rates (Rw < 1-2 kgm-2h-1) and even lower solar-freshwater productivity (SWP). Further, the lack of thermally and chemically stable materials that can operate in extreme salinities such as seawater without fouling or degrading is a major bottleneck that limits the wider adaptation of the technology.

This Talk would describe an ultra-thin, porosity-engineered polymeric scaffold (poly-HIPE, PH) that is anisotropically coated with nanostructured carbon florets (NCF) to deliver high solar-thermal conversion efficiency (η-STC = 84%), excellent Rw (6.5 kgm-2h-1) and exceptional SWP (3.5 Lm-2h-1) from sea-water. A few salient features of the material are
(a) Thinnest such membrane with no-signs of fouling over 30 days in sea-water, achieving
(b) Salt-rejection of ~95% with facile reusability for over 30 days,
(c) Producing freshwater of ~20 liters per m2 area per day at
(d) Lowest CO2 footprint (< 3 W/L, ~3 g /L)

Fundamental insights of materials-design to address the exothermic water-evaporation step that are synergized with systems-design approaches to achieve these key performance indices would be discussed in the talk.

CBQ is an annual event that brings together the Brazilian chemical community to promote the advancement of knowledge in the field. 

CBQ Objectives Promote the study of chemistry, Disseminate chemical knowledge, Bring together the chemical community of Brazil.

The IUPAC - International Committee on Green Chemistry for Sustainable Development, the Portuguese Chemical Society |SPQ, the NOVA School of Science and Technology | NOVA FCT and the the University of Lisbon | ULisboa cordially invite you to attend the 11th edition of IUPAC International Conference on Green Chemistry - Green IUPAC 2026, that will be held from September 8 to 12, 2026, at the Rectorate of University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

The Green IUPAC 2026 aims to bring together all relevant stakeholders from academia, research, industry, NGOs, policy makers and society, to exchange and disseminate knowledge and ideas that promote the concept of green chemistry and sustainable development. Building on the success of previous editions, the Green IUPAC 2026 will serve as a dynamic forum for advancing and discussing cutting-edge green chemistry innovations. The following topics will be covered:

• Green Synthesis, Catalysis & Green Solvents
• Green Chemical Engineering & Technology
• Carbon dioxide utilization
• Bioeconomy (Terrestrial and Marine Resources, among others)
• Green Energy
• Green Chemistry Education
• AI in Green Chemistry