Alka Shukla, Southeast College, Houston, TX, Shyam S. Shukla, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, Mohammad Musaddaq, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, Leena Purohit, Asish Higher Secondary School, Ahmedabad, India, and D. Shukla, MNS BED College, Ahmedabad, India.
The apocalyptic opinions and views are now a days abound in the popular media. Part of such view may arise from misconception while other may have sound basis in the science. We may debate this issue but the facts remains that the demands of the global resources are increasing rapidly causing a rapid decrease in the quality of the environment. We all are responsible for creating these problems and we all have to contribute towards the solutions of problems of environmental deterioration. WE have laid our focus on academia for at least two reasons. It is at these institutions where our thoughts are shaped which we carry through our lives. Thus we want to develop techniques, material and methods to train people in the issues of “Green Chemistry” around the world. Secondly, in this process we want to improve science education (which we do through peerleading, guided inquiry, etc). We have undertaken an national and international mission through Lamar Outreach Program to achieve both of these goals and in this poster we will describe our mission, methods, difficulties.