Sustainable Development and chemicals? It may sound like these two don't go hand in hand but could we really live without chemicals? In the seventh video of the Chemistry Calendar we learn that chemists have an important role in the work towards a sustainable future.

The Chemistry Calendar 2011 is a joint project between Molecular Frontiers, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Gothenburg and Universeum. We work together with film company Untamed Science to launch a video per month during the International Year of Chemistry 2011.

For teachers: Teaching material, including descriptions of lab experiments can be found in the Teachers section on MoleClues! The video has subtitles that can be activated through the CC icon in the YouTube toolbar.