為什麼全球對高科技電子業的環保要求愈來愈高？
為什麼國際間愈來愈多環保與勞工團體，關注科技電子業擴張下的環境正義與勞動權？
從複製美國矽谷經驗到移植竹科經驗至台灣各地，二十五年間，台灣躍為全球電子
產品的製造大國，「綠色矽島」擘畫的矽金夢，如何面對全球對科技電子業日益嚴
苛的環境要求？台灣高科技電子業要負起什麼樣的企業社會責任？
領導全球永續高科技運動二十五年的「矽谷毒物聯盟」創辦人暨前任執行長Ted
Smith解說高科技電子業的環境與勞動衝擊，告訴你，他們為什麼「挑戰晶片」！
推動美國加州科技電子業環境立法、致力於「綠化」科技電子業的「矽谷毒物聯
盟」現任執行長Sheila Davis，分析高科技電子部門如何永續發展，科技電子業如
何做好企業社會責任。
「國際綠色和平組織」有毒物污染防治項目主任陳宇輝解說，為什麼任何擁有手
機、電腦的個人，都該關心電子廢棄物何去何從、電子毒害究竟帶來什麼樣的社會
衝擊？
1.22(一) 晚上7:00~9:30 挑戰晶片公開講座
1/23(二) 上午10:00～下午5:00 永續高科技工作坊
1.22(一) 晚上7:00~9:30 挑戰晶片公開講座
講題：挑戰晶片——全球科技電子業下的勞動權與環境正義
主持人：杜文苓（台灣環境行動網理事長）
主講人：Ted Smith (矽谷毒物聯盟創辦人)
與談人：Sheila Davis(矽谷毒物聯盟執行長)
陳宇輝（國際綠色和平組織中國分部有毒物污染防治項目主任 ）
林聖崇（台灣綠黨召集人、淨竹文教基金會理事長）
地點：台灣大學集思會議中心蘇格拉底廳 (台北市羅斯福路四段85號B1，近捷運新
店線公館站二號出口)
主辦：台灣環境行動網、台灣蠻野心足生態協會、綠色公民行動聯盟、台灣生態學
會、台灣大學社會學系
贊助：行政院環境保護署、財團法人工業技術研究院能源與環境研究所
1/23(二) 上午10:00～下午5:00 永續高科技工作坊
9:40～10:10 報到
10:10~10:30 主辦單位致詞
10:30~12:00
講題：高科技電子部門的永續性與企業社會責任
主講人：Sheila Davis(矽谷毒物聯盟執行長)
12:00~13:00午餐
13:00~14:20
講題：全球治理 、在地行動：我們為何挑戰晶片？——全球電子業的環境與健康衝擊
主講人：Ted Smith (矽谷毒物聯盟創辦人)
14:20~14:40 點心時間
14:40~16:00
講題：電子廢棄物與電子企業的社會責任——國際綠色和平的倡議
主講人：陳宇輝 (國際綠色和平組織中國分部有毒物污染防治項目主任)
16:10~17:00
綜合座談
主持人：杜文苓（台灣環境行動網理事長）
引言人：呂穎彬(工研院能源與環境研究所產業環境技術組推廣經理)
地點：台灣科技大學國際大樓I B301室（臺北市基隆路四段四十三號，國際大樓位
於基隆路四段41巷，可開車直抵地下停車場。搭乘捷運新店線：由公館站2號「銘
傳國小」出口左轉，沿台大舟山路步行，於鹿鳴堂右轉，過基隆路後左行即可到達。）
主辦：台灣環境行動網、財團法人工業技術研究院能源與環境研究所
協辦：台灣蠻野心足生態協會、綠色公民行動聯盟、台灣生態學會
贊助：行政院環境保護署
█講者介紹
Ted Smith
現任「矽谷毒物聯盟」(SVTC, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition )資深策略師及
「回收電腦運動」指導委員會主席
是成立二十五週年的「矽谷毒物聯盟」創辦人、前任辦公室執行長，目前是矽谷毒
物聯盟的資深策略師；也是致力於高科技電子業永續發展、提倡非污染科技的國際
網絡「責任科技跨國運動」（International Campaign for Responsible
Technology ,ICRT）的共同創始人及運動協調人。Ted Smith也是「回收電腦運
動」（Computer TakeBack Campaign）指導委員會的主席，該運動致力於鼓吹企業
對電子產品從出生到死亡，都負起社會責任。Ted Smith也是2006年出版之新書《挑
戰晶片：全球電子業下的勞動權與環境正義》（Challenging the Chip: Labor
Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics Industry）的
共同主編。
Sheila Davis
現任「矽谷毒物聯盟」執行長
曾任「矽谷毒物聯盟」永續高科技計畫主持人，也是「回收電腦運動」（Computer
TakeBack Campaign）共同創辦人及指導委員。
過去十年，Sheila Davis在形塑「矽谷毒物聯盟」之高科技產業環境政策上，扮演
重要角色。1996年，她研究發展了第一套電子產品回收的立法，該法案直達加州州
長層級，並於1999年推動美國第一個在住宅區人行道蒐集、回收電子廢棄物的實驗
性計畫。Sheila的研究與倡導，成功地促成加州禁止電子廢棄物進入該州管轄的垃
圾掩埋場、通過全美第一個電子廢棄物回收立法。
陳宇輝
現任「國際綠色和平組織」中國分部(GREENPEACE China)有毒物污染防治項目主任
2004年加入「國際綠色和平組織」，在香港辦公室負責空氣污染項目。2005年起，
加入「有毒物污染防治」團隊，在香港負責電子垃圾貿易的工作。 2006年起，轉
到廣州辦公室，負責與電子企業的溝通工作。
█活動報名
請Email至台灣環境行動網秘書處
iepatean@gmail.com
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Why are we “Challenging the Chip?”
Why are there increasing demands for environmental standards for the
high-tech industry worldwide?
Why are environmentalists and labor activists starting to pay attention
to the electronic industry?
With the influence of the electronics industry now ranging from Silicon
Valley in the United States to Hsinchu Science Park in Taiwan, the
influence of the electronics industry has become global. Taiwan’s
transformation into the electronics manufacturing center of the world
has created huge environmental problems alongside its economic boost.
How will Taiwan face the environmental challenges of the day? Will the
electronics industry shoulder responsibility for the environmental harm
it causes?
For the past 25 years Ted Smith, founder and Former Executive Director
of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition (SVTC), has led the movement for
environmentally sustainable technology. Smith will discuss the negative
impact that the electronics industry has had on labor rights and the
environment, and why he decided to begin “Challenging the Chip.”
Promoting efforts in California to regulate the environmental impact of
the electronics industry, Sheila Davis, Executive Director of the
Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, will analyze the possibility of
developing an environmentally sustainable and socially-responsible
global electronics industry.
Greenpeace China Toxics Campaigner Edward Chan (陳宇輝) discusses why
consumers should care about the social and environmental impacts of
their cell phones and computers.
Event Sign-up Form
*Challenging the Chip-**Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the
Global Electronics Industry.*
*Monday, January 22, 2007** **7:00-9:30 PM** *
*Location: **National** **Taiwan** **University** **GIS** **Convention
Center** (**Roosevelt Road** Section 4 Number 85 Level B1, Close to
Gongguan MRT Station Exit 2)*
Moderator: Wen-ling Tu (Taiwan Environmental Action Network)
Speaker: Ted Smith (Founder of Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition)
Discussant: Sheila Davis (Executive Director-Silicon Valley Toxics
Coalition)
Chan Yu-Hui (Greenpeace China Toxics Campaigner)
Host: Taiwan Environmental Action Network, Wild at Heart Legal Defense
Association, Green Citizens Action Alliance, Taiwan Academy of Ecology,
National Taiwan University Sociology Department.
Sponsor: Executive Yuan-Environmental Protection Agency, Industrial
Technology Research Institute-Energy and Environment Research Laboratory.
* *
*Sustainable High-Tech Workshop
Tuesday, January 23 **10:00 AM-5:00 PM** *
*Location: Taiwan Technology University International Building Room I
B301 (Keelung Road Section 4 No. 13, Underground Parking available at
Keelung Road Section 4 Alley 41)*
9:40～10:10 Check-In
10:10~10:30 Sponsor Introduction
10:30~12:00 Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility in the
High Tech Electronics Sector Speaker: Sheila Davis (Silicon Valley
Toxics Coalition-Executive Director)
12:00~13:00 Lunch
13:00~14:20 Why we are challenging the chip: The Environmental Impacts
and Occupational Health in Global Electronics: Global Governance and
Local Actions
Speaker: Ted Smith (Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition-Founder)
14:20~14:40 Break
14:40~16:00 E-waste and Corporate Social Responsibility within the
high-tech electronics industry - Advocacy from Greenpeace International
Speaker: Chan Yu-Hui陳宇輝 (Greenpeace China Toxics Campaigner)
16:10~17:00 Public Forum “Challenging the Chip”
Moderator: Wen-ling Tu (Taiwan Environmental Action Network-Chairperson)
Presenter: Lu Ying-Bin (Industrial Technology Research Institute-Energy
and Environment Research Laboratory-Public Relations Manager)
Host: Taiwan Environmental Action Network, Industrial Technology
Research Institute-Energy and Environment Research Laboratory
Partner: Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association, Green Citizens Action
Alliance, Taiwan Academy of Ecology
Sponsor-Executive Yuan-Environmental Protection Agency.
*Speaker Introduction*
*Ted Smith*
Ted Smith is SVTC's founder and former Executive Director. He is
currently SVTC's Senior Strategist. Ted is co-founder and Coordinator of
the International Campaign for Responsible Technology (ICRT), an
international network committed to working for the development of
sustainable, non-polluting technologies. He is also the steering
committee chair of the Computer TakeBack Campaign, which is working to
promote life-cycle producer responsibility within the high-tech
electronics industry. He is co-editor of the new book “Challenging the
Chip: Labor Rights and Environmental Justice in the Global Electronics
Industry” to be published by Temple University Press, 2006. In 2001, Ted
was recognized by the Dalai Lama for his environmental leadership.
**
*Sheila Davis*
Over the past 10 years, Sheila Davis has played a valuable role at SVTC
and in shaping environmental policy in the high tech industry. She is
one of the co-founders of the Computer TakeBack Campaign and sits on its
steering committee. In 1996 she researched and developed the first
electronic recycling legislation to reach the California Governor’s desk
and in 1999 spearheaded the first pilot programs in the country to
collect and recycle electronic waste from the residential curbside.
Before becoming SVTC’s executive director, she served as program
director of SVTC's Sustainable Technologies Program (formerly the Clean
Computer Campaign). Sheila's research, advocacy and policy development
led to a successful ban on hazardous electronic waste from the
California municipal landfills and the subsequent passage of the first
electronic recycling legislation in the nation. Sheila holds a bachelor
degree from the University of California and served as a journalist,
state legislative aide and community development specialist before
joining the staff of SVTC.
*Edward Chan*
Chan joined Greenpeace China in 2004, working on air pollution issues.
Currently serving as Toxics Campaigner at Greenpeace China, he joined
Greenpeace China’s Toxics committee in 2005, working specifically on
electronic waste and manufacturing issues. Recently in 2006 he
transferred from Greenpeace China’s Hong Kong office to Guanchou
Province, where she is advocating for corporate responsibility from the
electronics industry.
*/For more information and to RSVP /*
*/Taiwan/**/ Environmental Action Network /*
*/iepatean@gmail.com
*+886(02)2930-4975 ask for Norn Hsiao. *
Climate Change and the End of Humankind
on Planet Earth
by Charles C. Commons(c) 2006-3006
The end of humankind's time on Earth is coming to an end, and I welcome it. I can't believe I wrote that, but I did. Let me explain why I feel this way.
God knows, we've messed things up real bad, hereon Planet Earth, and now it's time to pay the piper. Oh, it's not going to end in a nuclear armageddon, no. And it's not going to end because of the so-called "Clash of Civilizations" going on now with our friends the terrorists. No, the end is coming because of climate change, and it's too late to do anything about it now. Way too late.
Our fate has been sealed.
I should be in despair but I am not. I think we are getting what we deserve. We did our best, as a human species, but our best was not very good. We blew it. Climate change, according to the Stern Report, has already pretty much made it impossible -- read that word again: "impossible" -- to tackle global warming. We are done for.
We are about to be fried, frozen, fingered. Put that in your computer file.
As a species, are are done for. Period.
And while I don'tdespair over this, neither am I gloating, no. We are headed forextinction, and you know something, we deserve it. We sealed our ownfate by our foolish, greedy, convenience-addicted actions.Maybe it was in our genes from the very beginning, this coming demise.Maybe all this was meant to be, not some non-existant god or CreatorBeing, but by the fickle hands of fate itself. If there really was aGod, we wouldn't be in this predicament. Think about it. We did thisall by ourselves.There's no use crying over spilled milk. We're done for.Oh, it won't happen soon, not in this lifetime, not in my lifetime oryourtime. Give us 15 or 20 more human generations, 30 at most, andthen it's curtains. The Earth will be fried. The is already cast, it'sin the cards. There's no going back. Sigh.As human carbon emissions continue to grow and grow, the rate ofclimate change will accelerate and we will experience it sooner thanyou can imagine. You think life is forever. It is not. Human life isabout to be deleted from the surface of Planet Earth. I give it about500 years. Stretch it to 1000 years if you wish, and that's okay withme. This is not an exact science. But it is science. We are done for.The simple fact, the truth, is that we are headed for the exit ramp.Our rise as a species on Earth in a long, long history of cosmic timeand Darwinian evolution has been capped. And we did it to ourselves.Us. You and me.Cars. Airplanes. Factories. Coal plants. Massive industrialization.Oil. Technology. Convenience. Greed. We couldn't stop. Our DNA, ourintelligence, did us in.It's over. By the year 2500 -- okay, the year 3000 at the latest --we're history. And you know what? It doesn't matter. Not one bit. Thecosmos does not care one iota. We came, we saw, we're leaving.
Because when you look at us, our history, our backstory, what did weachieve? Miracles, yes, and then some. But these miracles have done usin. Climate change cannot be unchanged. The course has been set.There's no turning back.Let me put it this way: the Earth's experiment with the human speciesand most of the planet and animal species that evolved even before usis coming to an end. And we humans did it. We pulled the levers, wepushed the buttons, we pulled the trigger. We burned too much coal, weguzzled too much gasoline, we used too much oil, we made too manyfactories to make our toys and vehicles, too many motorscooters, toomany cars, too many smokestacks, too many people. We just didn't knowhow to rein things in. And not it's too late.Well, 500 years is a long time to plan for the end. Start planning.I'm glad I lived in the last half of the 20th century and the firstpart of the 21st century. It's been a wonderful life, a wonderfulride, and I learned alot.
But even I, a common man with no PHD or expertise in anything, even I can tell you it's over. You don't have to read the fine print, either.The message is in plain English for anyone to read: increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have sealed our fate. And I mean SEALED.
By 2500 -- okay, 3000, if you want to stretch it -- we will be goners. The Earth will remain, of course, good old Earth, our temporary home amidst the stars. But we, the human species, will soon be gone. And there is not one single thing anyone can do about it. This is the sad,bare, bald, truth.