Teach your students about sustainable production and consumption

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Easy ways to bring UN sustainable development goal 12 into your teaching of life cycle assessments, polymers and batteries

Many of the UN’s sustainable development goals are relevant to chemistry teaching. Goal 12: ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns, can easily fit into your lessons on life cycle assessments, polymers and batteries. This article gives ideas for relevant context and suggests resources and activities to include the goal within your teaching. Download the accompanying reflection and research activity suitable for age range 14–16 looking at sustainable consumption and individual action.

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