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Lectures on Green Science

Terry Collins speaks tirelessly around the world about green chemistry and ethics. Recently he gave a Journeys lecture at Carnegie Mellon University. (View Terry Collins' Journeys lecture—streaming QuickTime movie)

Here's a sampling of other major talks since 2002.

  1. May 2, 2008, Green Chemistry and the Future, UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
  2. April 14, 2008, A life in search of sustainability: People change people, JOURNEYS LECTURE, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (View Terry Collins' Journeys lecture here—streaming QuickTime movie)
  3. April 7, 2008, Undergraduate researchers excel in green chemistry and oxidation catalysis, BECKMAN SCHOLARS 10-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PRESIDENTIAL PLENARY SYMPOSIUM, ACS National Meeting, New Orleans
  4. March 17 2008, Green Chemistry and the Future, CHARLES E. KAUFMAN AWARD ADDRESS, Bridgeville, PA
  5. February 19, 2008, Green Chemistry and the Future, AFTER-DINNER KEYNOTE LECTURE, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
  6. November 29, 2007, Green Chemistry and the Future, KEYNOTE LECTURE, Health and Environmental Funders Network, Airlie Conference Center, Warrenton, VA, 
  7. October 26, 2007, Green Chemistry and the Future, PLENARY LECTURE, La Roche College, Pittsburgh, PA
  8. September 21, 2007, Green chemistry: sustaining a high technology civilization, PLENARY LECTURE, The Fire Retardant Dilemma Conference Series: Part 3, Berkeley, CA
  9. August 29, 2007, Green Chemistry and the Future, PLENARY LECTURE, 20th Rocky Mountain Regional ACS Meeting (Joint with AICHe), Denver, CO
  10. August 6, 2007, Green Chemistry: Sustaining an High Technology Civilization, PLENARY LECTURE, Steelworkers Health, Safety and Environment Conference and the Steelworkers Joint Health, Safety and Environment Conference, Dearborn, MI
  11. June 6, 2007, Green Chemistry: Sustaining an High Technology Civilization, KEYNOTE LECTURE, First Israeli International Conference on Green Chemistry, Porter School of Environmental Studies, Tel Aviv University, Israel
  12. May 16, 2007, Iron-TAML activators: effective green chemistry catalysts for peroxide activation, AWARD ADDRESS, Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York, Somerset, NJ
  13. April 22, 2007, Green Chemistry and the Future, PLENARY LECTURE, EarthDay Symposium, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
  14. April 4, 2007, The Challenge of Green Chemistry, UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS, Centre College, Danville, KY
  15. March 20, 2007, Green Chemistry; Sustaining a High Technology Civilization, UNIVERSITY LECTURE, La Roche College, Pittsburgh PA
  16. February 21, 2007, Green Chemistry; Sustaining a High Technology Civilization, AWARD AND UNIVERSITY LECTURE, Maidment Theater, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
  17. October 16, 2006, Green Chemistry: Sustaining a High Technology Civilization, UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
  18. September 14, 2006, Green Chemistry and Sustainability, Egyptian First International Conference in Chemistry, Chemistry for Human Needs in Developing Countries, LEADER OF 2.5 HOUR ADDRESS AND DISCUSSION, Sharm El-Shiekh, Egypt
  19. August 27, 2006, The Design and Development of Green Oxidation Catalysts: real steps toward a less polluted world, Green Chemistry GORDON CONFERENCE, Magdalen College, Oxford, United Kingdom
  20. October 7, 2005, Greening Our Civilization Through Science, PLENARY LECTURE, Chemistry Discipline Faculty Workshop 2-year and 4-year Colleges of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, Minnesota Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minneapolis MN
  21. October 6, 2005, Green Chemistry and the Building of the Sustainable Economy, Activated Carbon Conference, PLENARY LECTURE, Moon Township, PA
  22. July 29, 2005, PLENARY LECTURE, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Research Symposium, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA
  23. June 17, 2005, Design, Mechanism of Action, and Applications of Green Oxidation Catalysts, PLENARY LECTURE, Annual Meeting of the Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society, Pittsburgh, PA
  24. June 1, 2005, Greening Oxidation Catalysis, Conference on Knowledge-Based Materials and Technologies for Sustainable Chemistry, PLENARY LECTURE, Tallinn, Estonia
  25. April 19, 2005, Sustainability Ethics and Chemistry: How to build a sustainable technology base, PLENARY LECTURE, Symposium on Universal Relationships and Responsibilities: Sustainable living practices for social and cultural wellbeing, Perth, Australia
  26. February 25, 2005, Green Chemistry and Agriculture, PLENARY LECTURE, Southeastern Leadership Conference, Department of Agriculture, Savannah, GA
  27. February 15, 2005, A Superior Decontamination System for Chemical and Biological Warfare and Defense, KEYNOTE LECTURE, Rydges Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
  28. December 9, 2004, Designing Green Oxidation Technologies, PITTSBURGH AWARD ADDRESS, Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
  29. October 21, 2004, Greening Our Civilization Through Science, KEYNOTE LECTURE, Mid-Atlantic Association of Liberal Arts College Teachers Annual Conference, Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA
  30. October 19, 2004, Greening Our Civilization Through Science, UNIVERSITY LECTURE, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
  31. August 26, 2004, Greening the Planet through Science, KEYNOTE LECTURE, MCS Orientation, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
  32. August 22, 2004, Designing Green Oxidation Technologies, PLENARY LECTURE, Symposium on Sustainability in the Chemical Industry—IEC, 228th ACS Conference, Philadelphia, PA
  33. March 29, 2004, Designing Catalysts for Green Oxidation Technologies, Society Committee on Education, EMINENT SCIENTIST LECTURE, 227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA
  34. March 4, 2004, Designing Chemical Technologies for Sustainability, UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS, Baylor University, Waco, TX
  35. March 1, 2004, Green Chemistry: Sustaining a High Technology Civilization, Gartner Honors Lecture Series, UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
  36. February 25, 2004, Designing Chemical Technologies for Sustainability, UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS, Berea College, Berea, KY
  37. December 2, 2003, Design of Techniques and Technologies that Unite the Future of Chemistry with the Pursuit of a Sustainable Civilization, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry Conference, PLENARY LECTURE, Nelson New Zealand
  38. November 27, 2003, The Design and Development of Green Oxidation Technologies, Society of Pure and Applied Coordination Chemistry (JAPAN)-10, PLENARY LECTURE, Auckland New Zealand
  39. November 21, 2003, Sustainability Ethics: directions for green chemistry education/R&D, WHOLE STUDENT BODY LECTURE, Miranda College, Delhi University, New Dehli, India
  40. November 6, 2003, C&E News Editorial Advisory Board, Sustainability and Innovation: the good future for chemistry, FOCUS LECTURE FOR BOARD MEETING, American Chemical Society Headquarters, Washington, DC
  41. October 15, 2003, Design to Unite Chemical Research with the Pursuit of a Sustainable Civilization, PLENARY LECTURE, Annual Conference of the Brazilian Society of Analytical Chemists, Sao Luis, Brazil
  42. October 7, 2003, Design to Unite Chemical Research with the Pursuit of a Sustainable Civilization, COLLEGE CONSORTIUM ADDRESS: Twelve Small Colleges in the Chicago area at Benedictine University, Lisle, IL
  43. October 5, 2003, Sustaining Ethics and Green Chemistry: Developing a Sustainable High Technology Civilization, UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION, Otterbein College, Columbus, OH
  44. October 1, 2003, Design to Unite Chemical Research with the Pursuit of a Sustainable Civilization, UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS, Hendrix College, Conway, AR
  45. September 25, 2003, Design to Unite Chemical Research with the Pursuit of a Sustainable Civilization, KECK ENDOWED LECTURE, Allegheny College, Meadville PA
  46. May 19, 2003, “Catalytic Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Green Chemical Processes”, PLENARY LECTURE, EU COST Workshop on GC and EU Conference on GC, Poitiers, France
  47. April 30, 2003, Eliminating Persistent Pollutants with Green Catalysis, PLENARY LECTURE, Massachusetts Green Chemistry Conference, Andover, MA
  48. April 10, 2003, Green chemistry: Sustaining a high-technology civilization, UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS, University of Tennessee, Martin, TN
  49. February 4, 2003, Catalytic Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Green Chemical Processes, PLENARY LECTURE, Australia/New Zealand Biennial Conference on Inorganic Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
  50. January 11, 2003, Designing Catalysts for Green Oxidation Technologies, KEYNOTE ADDRESS, New York Division of the American Chemical Society, Columbia University, New York, NY
  51. September 23, 2002, Catalytic Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Green Chemical Processes, BAYER LECTURE, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
  52. September 8, 2002, Catalytic Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Green Chemical Processes, Green Chemistry GORDON CONFERENCE, Queens College Oxford, United Kingdom
  53. July 22, 2002, Designing Catalysts for Green Oxidation Technologies, PLENARY LECTURE, First German Summer School on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Freising, Germany
  54. June 26, 2002, Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Green Chemical Processes, PLENARY LECTURE, Sixth Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
  55. May 22, 2002, Activation of Hydrogen Peroxide for Green Chemical Processes, PLENARY LECTURE, 5th International Symposium on Green Chemistry—China, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China
  56. April 16, 2002, Green Chemistry: Sustaining a High Technology Civilization, GOLDEN GOGGLES AWARD ADDRESS, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
  57. April 5, 2002, Darkness in El Dorado: interpretations for a better future, PLENARY LECTURE, International Conference on “Darkness in El Dorado”, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
  58. April 4, 2002, Green Chemistry: Sustaining a High Technology Civilization, UNIVERSITY CONVOCATION ADDRESS, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL