Incorporating Sustainability in Higher Chemistry Education in Indonesia through Green Chemistry: Inspirations by Inquiring the Practice in a German University

Abstract

Green chemistry is suggested as an important guide to allow the practice of chemistry to become more sustainable. In this study, a chemistry department at a German university is analyzed by an outside view to how it integrates the philosophy of green chemistry into its research and teaching practices to inform higher education institutions in Indonesia on how this issue could be approached. The study reveals that the level of understanding of green chemistry is largely varying among different stakeholders, however its principles are well integrated in both research and teaching. In addition, it became clear that today modern chemistry departments should operate a broader approach towards sustainability than just practicing green chemistry in laboratory practices. The vision is to highlight the importance of green chemistry and other corresponding practices to support education for sustainable development (ESD) in a broad sense. The integration of green chemistry to support the implementation of ESD in higher education can only be achieved by strong commitments from all groups involved, namely the head and administration of the department, researchers, and teachers. Although not all aspects that were observed during this study are suitable to be applied in the Indonesian context, some implications can be derived for reform in Indonesian higher chemistry education.

The Integration of Green Chemistry Principles into Small Scale Chemistry Practicum for Senior High School Students

“…figure 2.Daniell Cell (Dikmenli et al, 2015) figure 1. (a) SSC Kit; (b) Several Pieces of Equipment inside SSC Kit education should take part in promoting sustainability for today and future society (Burmeister & Eilks, 2013;Hamidah et al, 2017). Sustainability in the university can be implemented by integrating it into curriculum and practice.…”

“…Thus, chemistry tainability in education. In Indonesia, presumably Green Chemistry principles and SSC with their relation to sustainability in chemistry education are still not widely known to university and senior high school students (Hamidah et al, 2017;Listyarini, 2019). Green chemistry and SSC have the same purpose of minimizing the destructive effect of chemistry in the environment and human health (Duarte et al, 2017;Rojanarata et al, 2011).…”

Student-Generated Infographics for Learning Green Chemistry and Developing Professional Skills

“…At the national level, a collaboration between Beyond Benign and the ACS Green Chemistry Institute has led to the Green & Sustainable Chemistry Education Module Development Project, which is currently developing green and sustainable chemistry education resources for general and organic chemistry . Finally, at the global level, organizations such as the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) promote the integration of green chemistry into education, with many countries such as Brazil, , Canada, China, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Russia, Spain, and Thailand joining the effort. Adding to these broad-based endeavors to integrate green chemistry, we have developed a method of incorporating green chemistry during remote instruction using student-generated infographics.…”

Pengembangan Modul Praktikum Kimia Lingkungan Berbasis Green Chemistry Pada Mata Kuliah Kimia Lngkungan

“…Pendekatan Green Chemistry adalah pendekatan yang termasuk dalam Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) [11][12][13]. Pendekatan ini dapat diterapkan untuk mewujudkan kegiatan laboratorium yang aman dan ramah lingkungan.…”