Ted Smith (environmentalist)
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 for his environmental leadership [4] and in 2006 co-edited the book, Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry.[5][6]
References
- Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
- International Campaign for Responsible Technology Retrieved on 30 April 2014.
- Electronics TakeBack Coalition
- San Jose Metro, May 24, 2001.
- Temple University Press
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
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