Science Pub - Paper, Plastic, or Neither? What the Choice Means for Our Environment June 11, 2009

Join us at the June Science Pub in Eugene to hear about:

"Paper, Plastic, or Neither? What the Choice Means for Our Environment"
with David Tyler, PhD
Thursday, June 11
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Cozmic Pizza http://www.cozmicpizza.com/ 199 W 8th Ave, (inside The Strand @ 8th & Charnelton)
Come early if you want to order food and drinks and get a seat!

Every day we are confronted with choices that impact our environment: Paper, plastic, or reusable tote bag? Disposable plastic cup or reusable ceramic mug? Prius or Hummer? How do we really know what’s best for the environment? Learn more about how we evaluate the environmental impacts of various materials and products and some of the fundamental principles of green chemistry and sustainability as well. Warning: your intuition about environmental impacts is not always right!

David Tyler, Ph.D., http://www.uoregon.edu/~chem/tyler.html is a chemistry professor at the University of Oregon, currently teaching with five colleagues on the chemistry of sustainability. His areas of research and expertise are the chemistry of plastics, catalysis, photochemistry, and sustainability; he has combined these interests into the development of plastics that degrade, after a delayed interval, to harmless products when they are exposed to light.

Science Pub is open to anyone and everyone; no RSVP is necessary. Tell your friends. We hope to see you there!

Science Pub is held every second Thursday at Cozmic Pizza and is co-sponsored by OMSI http://www.omsi.edu, University of Oregon’s College of Arts & Sciences http://cas.uoregon.edu, and The Science Factory http://www.sciencefactory.org.

Questions? E-mail [email protected] or call 503.797.4517. Visit http://www.omsi.edu/sciencepub for a description of upcoming topics.

Official Website: http://www.omsi.edu/sciencepubeugene