Recommended Reading

For additional information on the science and fundamentals of green chemistry, we recommend the following books:

Anastas, Paul T., and John Warner. Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Anastas, Paul T., and Julie Zimmerman. The Periodic Table of the Elements of Green and Sustainable Chemistry. Press Zero, 2020.

The following journal article is an informative synopsis of the concepts elucidated in the preceding two books:

Martin J. Mulvihill, Evan S. Beach, Julie B. Zimmerman, and Paul T. Anastas. “Green Chemistry and Green Engineering: A Framework for Sustainable Technology Development.” Annual Review of Environmental Resources 36 (November 2011): 271-93. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-032009-095500.

For additional information on the Twelve Principles of Green Chemistry, we recommend the following:

Environmental Protection Agency. “Basics of Green Chemistry.” Updated December 18, 2020. https://www.epa.gov/greenchemistry/basics-green-chemistry.

American Chemical Society. “12 Principles of Green Chemistry.” n.d. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/greenchemistry/principles/12-principles-of-green-chemistry.html.

For additional information on green engineering, we recommend the following:

Anastas, Paul T., and Julie Zimmerman. “Design through the 12 Principles of Green Engineering.” Environmental Science & Technology 37, no. 5 (March 2003): 94A-101A. https://doi.org/10.1021/es032373g.

American Chemical Society. “12 Principles of Green Engineering.” n.d. https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/greenchemistry/principles/12-design-principles-of-green-engineering.html.

For information on the impact of the principles of green chemistry and green engineering on the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the EPA, we recommend the following:

Anastas, Paul T., and Julie Beth Zimmerman. “Moving from Protection to Prosperity: Evolving the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the Next 50 Years.” Environmental Science & Technology 55, no. 5 (February 2021): 2779-89. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c07287.

Anastas, Paul T., Marcelo Nolasco, Francesca Kerton, Mary Kirchhoff, Peter Licence, Thalappil Pradeep, Bala Subramaniam, and Audrey Moores. “The Power of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering Research.” Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 9, no. 24 (June 2021): 8015-17. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c03762.

Anastas, Paul T., and Julie B. Zimmerman. “The United Nations Sustainability Goals: How Can Sustainable Chemistry Contribute?” Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry 13 (October 2018): 150-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogsc.2018.04.017.

For information on the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering at Yale: please visit https://greenchemistry.yale.edu/.