Environmental sustainability: a study involving chemical researchers in Brazil

Química Nova

Yunes, Santiago Francisco¹  Machado, Adélio A. S. C.¹  Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brasil¹  Marques, Carlos Alberto¹  Gonçalves, Fábio Peres¹  Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal¹ 

关键词: environmental sustainability;    green chemistry;    thermodynamics.;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-40422013000600031

学科分类：化学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Quimica

【 摘 要 】

A study evaluating Brazilian chemical researchers understanding of the scope of the terms Environmental Sustainability and Sustainable Development, and their assessment of how to deal with environmental fragility and limits, is reported. Results showed a certain degree of acknowledgement of the need for a more sustainable development, but little agreement on the magnitude of the environmental limits. The researchers recognized the limitations of the classical paradigms "of dilution" and "of risk", but showed no agreement on the requirements of the new "ecological paradigm" based on Environmental Sustainability and the 12 principles of Green Chemistry, important to assess the role of Green Chemistry for Sustainability.

【 授权许可】

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