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,^[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]