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Challenging The Chip
''Challenging the Chip'' is a 2006 book on "labor rights and environmental justice in the global electronics industry" edited by Ted Smith, David A. Sonnenfeld, and David Naguib Pellow. It is published by Temple University Press. In three parts, the book looks at global electronics, environmental justice and labor rights, and electronic waste and extended producer responsibility. In four appendices, the book also deals with the principles of environmental justice, the computer take-back campaign, sample shareholder resolutions, and the electronics recycler's pledge of true stewardship. This 357-page book was put together by "scores of people around the world (who) have been involved over the course of several years in the conceptualization, development, editing and production (of it)". "New wave of technology" In his foreword to the text, former Texas Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower makes out a case to explain how "technology happens". He writes: "Take cars. After Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Smith (environmentalist)
Ted Smith (born July 15, 1945) is the founder and former executive director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, co-founder of the International Campaign for Responsible Technology, and chair of the Electronics TakeBack Coalition steering committee. Smith is a former AmeriCorps VISTA, 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 and in 2006 he co-edited the book, ''Challenging the Chip, Challenging the Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry''. References External links * Ted Smith: Pioneer activist for environmental justice in Silicon Valley, 1967-2000'' oral history transcript, Bancroft Library, University of California Berkeley * Interview with Ted Smith' * on "Challenging the Chip", November 07, 2006'' * Ted Smith: Purpose Prize Fellow' * Environmentalism for the Net 2.0' * ' *''[https://st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |