Ted Smith (environmentalist)

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Ted Smith (born July 15, 1945) is the founder and former executive director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition,[http://www.etoxics.org/site/PageServer Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511071312/http://www.etoxics.org/site/PageServer |date=2009-05-11 }} co-founder of the International Campaign for Responsible Technology,[http://www.icrt.co/ International Campaign for Responsible Technology] Retrieved on 30 April 2014. and chair of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition steering committee.{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120731004955/http://www.electronicstakeback.com/ Electronics TakeBack Coalition]}}

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 [http://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/05.24.01/dalailama-0121.html San Jose Metro], May 24, 2001. and in 2006 he co-edited the book, Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060221030736/http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/1788_reg.html Temple University Press]{{cite web |url=http://www.temple.edu/tempress/authors/1788_qa.html |title=Interview with Ted Smith |website=www.temple.edu |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830170316/http://www.temple.edu/tempress/authors/1788_qa.html |archive-date=30 August 2006 |url-status=dead}}