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 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]

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  1. ^ Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ International Campaign for Responsible Technology Retrieved on 30 April 2014.
  3. ^ Electronics TakeBack Coalition
  4. ^ San Jose Metro, May 24, 2001.
  5. ^ Temple University Press
  6. ^ "Interview with Ted Smith". www.temple.edu. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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