The ability to
eliminate waste and toxins from production processes early on, to create
more efficient and flexible solar panels, and to remove contaminants from
water, is becoming an exciting reality with nanotechnology. This "green
nanotechnology" involves designing nanoproducts for the environment and
with the environment in mind. Green nano is not just a niche among a few
scientists or environmentalists. The investment community has recognized
these green nano advances as big business and rewarded corporate
innovators. A recent article, "Green is Gold," advises investors: "Nowhere
is the vision of technology in the service of sustainability more promising
than in the field of nanotechnology," (Forex Market, 3/15/07).
On April 26, 2007, the Wilson Center's Project on Emerging
Nanotechnologies will release its first report on green nanotechnology,
which highlights the research breakthroughs, industry perspectives, and
policy options in this exciting field. The publication, Green
Nanotechnology: It's Easier Than You Think, is written by journalist and
science writer, Karen Schmidt.
The report is based on a series of dialogues on green nanotechnology
held at the Wilson Center last spring, with several scientists,
policymakers, lawyers, and NGO and industry representatives. It also draws
from a symposium the American Chemical Society organized on nanotechnology
and the environment at its annual meeting.
Please join us for the release of this report with James Hutchison, a
University of Oregon chemist who applies green chemistry principles in his
production of gold nanoparticles; Barbara Karn, an Environmental Protection
Agency scientist who kicked off the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies'
Green Nano initiative while on detail at the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars; and John Carberry, an industry representative, who
will discuss how it is both possible and profitable to be green with
nanotechnology.
*** Webcast LIVE at http://www.wilsoncenter.org/nano ***
Who: James E. Hutchison, Director, Oregon Nanoscience and
Microtechnologies Institute's Safer Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing
Initiative, University of Oregon
Barbara Karn, Office of Research & Development, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency; Former Visiting Environmental Scientist, Project on
Emerging Nanotechnologies
John Carberry, Director, Environmental Technology, DuPont Company
David Rejeski, Director, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, Moderator
What: A new report, Green Nanotechnology: It's Easier Than You Think
When: Thursday, April 26, 2007, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Where: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 5th Floor
Conference Room. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center,
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. (Directions:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions)
This event is being organized by the Project on Emerging
Nanotechnologies. The Project was launched in 2005 by the Wilson Center and
The Pew Charitable Trusts. It is dedicated to helping business,
governments, and the public anticipate and manage the possible health and
environmental implications of nanotechnology.
