Ted Smith
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Ted Smith is the founder and former executive director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
, co-founder of the International Campaign for Responsible Technologyhttp://www.svtc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=svtc_int_campaign_responsible_tech, and chair of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition steering committee.http://www.electronicstakeback.com/index.htm. Smith is a former VISTA Volunteer, a 1967 graduate of Wesleyan University
, and a 1972 graduate of Stanford Law School.
In 2001, Ted was recognized for his environmental leadership and in 2006 co-edited the book Challenging the Chip
: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry.
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition , is a San Jose, California based research and advocacy group that promotes safe environmental practices in the high tech industry...
, co-founder of the International Campaign for Responsible Technologyhttp://www.svtc.org/site/PageServer?pagename=svtc_int_campaign_responsible_tech, and chair of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition steering committee.http://www.electronicstakeback.com/index.htm. Smith is a former VISTA Volunteer, a 1967 graduate of Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts college founded in 1831 and located in Middletown, Connecticut. According to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Wesleyan is the only Baccalaureate College in the nation that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and...
, and a 1972 graduate of Stanford Law School.
In 2001, Ted was recognized for his environmental leadership and in 2006 co-edited the book Challenging the Chip
Challenging the Chip
Challenging the Chip is a 2006 book on "labor rights and environmental justice in the global electronics industry". It is published by Temple University Press, Philadelphia. In three parts, the book looks at global electronics, environmental justice and labor rights, and electronic waste and...
: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry.
External links
- Ted Smith: Pioneer activist for environmental justice in Silicon Valley, 1967-2000 - oral history transcript from the Bancroft Library at University of California Berkeley - available online at http://www.archive.org/details/pioneeractivistsil00smitrich
- Interview with Ted Smith -- http://www.temple.edu/tempress/authors/1788_qa.html
- American Public Health Association presentation on "Challenging the chip" November 07, 2006 http://apha.confex.com/apha/134am/techprogram/session_18912.htm
- Ted Smith: Purpose Prize Fellow -- http://www.encore.org/ted-smith
- Environmentalism for the Net 2.0 -- http://www.metamute.org/en/Environmentalism-for-Net-2.0
- Where the Chips Fall: Environmental Health in the Semiconductor Industry -- http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1999/107-9/focus.html