Digitalization paving the ways for sustainable chemistry: switching on more green lights.

The world is facing an interconnected crisis caused by a variety of factors including climate change, water scarcity, biodiversity loss, and chemical waste. One of most prominent factors is the exploitation of limited resources to convert them into chemical products based on the traditional linear approach. This has been provocatively described as rubbish chemistry, a "bad, old-school" system that needs to be revised globally.

Sustainable chemistry and food systems lessons-the same procedure as every year?

"Dinner for One," a short black-and-white video performed in English from the 1960s, has become a cherished tradition in several German-speaking and Scandinavian countries, broadcast on TV every New Year's Eve for decades and gaining newfound popularity on social media among members of Generation Z. The narrative follows a British butler, James, whose employer, Miss Sophie, celebrates her 90th birthday as she has for many years by inviting her closest friends to dinner, though they have long since passed away. When asked by James throughout the dinner "The same procedure as last year?" while soup, fish, chicken, and fruit are being served, each with its corresponding beverage, Miss Sophie replies, "The same procedure as every year.

Defining sustainable chemistry-an opportune exercise?

I lost my elephant some days ago. Actually, it was an elephant keychain. This was a special present given by a Thai student who attended the Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry for Sustainable Development in July 2023, at Leuphana University, Germany, supported by the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3).

Genetic editing of wood for sustainability.

Trees engineered to have less lignin could make paper production less polluting.