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]

References

  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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