The General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed 2011 as International Year of Chemistry in an effort to raise public awareness about the contributions of this science to human welfare.
Coincidentally this year also marks the centenary of the Nobel Prize awarded to Marie Curie for their contributions to chemistry and the founding of the International Association of Chemical Societies. The celebration emphasizes the contribution of creative science chemistry as essential to improving the sustainability our lifestyles and to address global environmental problems and basic needs of humanity, such as water, food, health, energy, transportation, among others.
As recalled, six years ago, it launched the Decade of Education for a sustainable future and was also the International Year of Physics (IDA), coinciding with the centenary of the "Annus Mirabilis "in which Albert Einstein published several papers that have profoundly influenced modern physics. The fundamental objective of the IDA was" bringing science to society and motivate young people to build the next generation of scientists. " However, neither in its announcement of its development or made any reference to the decade or global socio-environmental problems or the necessity and possibility of the contribution of physics to solve them.
However, this year we appreciate the disparity between the International Year of Physics (2005) and the Chemistry (2011) and how in these 6 years, reflects a remarkable evolution in thinking of the scientific community when it refers to the focus on the situation of planetary emergency. This evolution is reflected in all proposals for green chemistry as a contribution to development sustainable, Green Economy, Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations has described as "the great green jobs machine" that is necessary and possible to promote and thereby bring out the necessary development of Engineering Environmental Chemistry.
The director general of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura, praised the decision of the General Assembly of the United Nations regarding the proclamation of the year 2011 and noted that "there is no doubt that chemistry will play an important role in the development of alternative energy sources and feeding a growing world population. " For this reason, be held global activities during the year 2011 to highlight the importance of chemistry in the sustenance of natural resources.
UNESCO and IUPAC institutions have been appointed to carry out the promotion of the celebration activities. Under the slogan "Chemistry: our life, our future" , the objectives of this commemoration are to increase public appreciation of chemistry as a key tool to meet the needs of society, to promote interest in chemistry among young people and generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry, creative future must be founded on criteria of sustainability.
The website of the Decade of Education for a sustainable future has incorporated its newsletter 61, entitled "2011 International Year of the Green Chemistry ...." The report shows that fatalistic expressions as "no good" or "can not do anything" are unfounded and that, on the contrary, a minimal perspective reveals the validity of informed activism and the need to pursue efforts for a sustainable future.
By: Elizabeth prayed N .
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