Ted Smith (environmentalist) explained

Ted Smith (born July 15, 1945) is the founder and former executive director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition,^[1] co-founder of the International Campaign for Responsible Technology,^[2] and chair of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition steering committee.^[3]

Smith is a former VISTA Volunteer, a 1967 graduate of Wesleyan University, and a 1972 graduate of Stanford Law School.

In 2001, Smith was recognized by the Dalai Lama for his environmental leadership ^[4] and in 2006 he co-edited the book, Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry.^{[5] [6]}

External links

• Ted Smith: Pioneer activist for environmental justice in Silicon Valley, 1967-2000, oral history transcript, Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley
• Interview with Ted Smith
• American Public Health Association presentation on "Challenging the Chip", November 07, 2006
• Ted Smith: Purpose Prize Fellow
• Environmentalism for the Net 2.0
• Where the Chips Fall: Environmental Health in the Semiconductor Industry
• The Cleaning Agent

Notes and References

1. http://www.etoxics.org/site/PageServer Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
2. http://www.icrt.co/ International Campaign for Responsible Technology
3. http://www.electronicstakeback.com/ Electronics TakeBack Coalition
4. San Jose Metro, May 24, 2001.
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20060221030736/http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1788_reg.html Temple University Press
6. Web site: Interview with Ted Smith . www.temple.edu . 14 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060830170316/http://www.temple.edu/tempress/authors/1788_qa.html . 30 August 2006 . dead.