Agenda 21 of UNESCO's Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005-2014) is centred on man and calls for humankind to change behaviours to attain sustainability. Education plays a critical role in realising sustainable development and promoting the capability of the people to address environmental issues towards improving the quality of life for the present and future generations. One approach that could be adopted to attain this goal is through greening the chemistry curriculum particularly the practical work. Green chemistry can contribute to sustainable development through application and extension of its 12 principles. The interdisciplinary nature of green chemistry which embeds economical, environmental and societal dimension is a student centred deep learning approach. However, the success of green chemistry depends on the training and education of a new generation of chemists. Hence, there is a need to educate our teachers with the principles of green chemistry and how to teach green chemistry. Accordingly, this paper reports on the implementation of green chemistry as a laboratory based pedagogy in the chemistry teaching methods course for pre-service teachers. The integration of green chemistry into the science teacher education program is considered important as it possesses the potential to influence many future teachers and ultimately many students as well.