Systems thinking is an approach for examining and addressing complex behaviors and phenomena from a holistic perspective. This approach can be used to not only increase understanding of various natural and artificial systems, but to prepare citizens to address global world challenges—such as sustainability, pollution, climate change, and poverty—and to participate knowledgeably and democratically in science-related policy decisions. While the idea of systems thinking has infiltrated many areas of STEM education, including biology and engineering, it has yet to become an integral part of the chemistry curriculum. Over that past several years, an international coalition of chemists, educators, and chemistry education researchers has been considering how some of the potential advantages of systems thinking might be achieved in the chemistry education context. The IUPAC Systems Thinking in Chemistry Education (STICE) Working Group has worked to define systems thinking for chemistry education and is beginning to develop systems thinking learning objectives and assessment models for general chemistry. In this session, speakers from the STICE project—and others--will describe systems thinking, the skills and competencies of a systems thinker, and how it can serve chemistry teaching, chemistry learning, and earth and societal systems.