Earth Week Poem Contest and Other Events

The Trenton Local Section of the American Chemical Society invites you to participate in several Earth Week 2021 events and to engage with ACS Earth Week materials, including the annual Trenton ACS Earth Week Poster Contest! See the details below!

Trenton ACS Earth Week Poem Contest

Virtual ACS Kids Zone on Earth Day

  • Today, ACS officially announced the next Virtual Kids Zone, co-sponsored by CCA and ACS President H. N. Cheng. The live online event takes place during #CCEWon Thursday, April 22 (Earth Day) at 1 PM Eastern US. Two lucky attendees chosen at random will receive $25 ACS Bucks for use in the ACS Spring Store! The event will be recorded and available on the Kids Zone web page after the live broadcast. Spread the word and:

o    RSVP to and share the Facebook event

o    Like, comment, and share the Facebook post

o    Like and retweet on Twitter

o    Like and comment on Instagram

o    Like, comment, and share on LinkedIn

ChemMatters April CCEW Edition

  • The April CCEW edition of ACS’s magazine for high school students and teachers, ChemMatters, is now available. Check out and share the free featured article on “How to Make Fashion Sustainable” to engage high school chemistry classes in CCEW!

ACS Webinar on Earth Day

  • Registration is now available for the free ACS Webinar on Earth Day, April 22, at 2 PM Eastern US about “The Hidden Impact: Taking a Life Cycle View.” Join ACS for a special Chemists Celebrate Earth Week webinar with Global Expertise Principal, Rich Hellingof Dow, as he shares how great insights are possible with simple calculations. During this free interactive broadcast, discover how through employing life cycle thinking to balance understand the compromises and trade-offs we all make towards a more sustainable world. Get local section members, industry folks, chemistry majors, and professors involved in CCEW by sharing this webinar!