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Memories of Teddy - This page has been created to record individual memories of Teddy from his friends and colleagues.

Comments by Colin Hines, Convenor of the Green New Deal Group, Director, Finance for the Future - hosted on the IFG website. "One of my favourite Teddy anecdotes was how he decided to stand for his father's old constituency in Suffolk, as a People's Party candidate. He realised he needed a gimmick to get the issues he was trying to raise noticed. He would always tell, amidst gales of laughter, how he contacted 'my friend Aspinall' the zoo owner to obtain a camel to highlight the issue of soil erosion in East Anglia ... He lost his deposit, but in such typical style."

Farewell to Teddy - Caroline Lockhart and the Commision on the Future of Food - hosted on the IFG website. "He brought insights and foresight, joy and laughter into our lives. He was a giant on whose shoulders we all stand. We were so privileged to have known and to have worked with him. His passing is a huge collective loss. We will miss him enormously. His legacy will continue on."

A Remembrance of Teddy Goldsmith by Vandana Shiva - Founder and Director of Navdanya - hosted on the IFG website. "No matter what our particular issue is, Teddy shaped the ideas and campaigns that motivate and mobilize us even today. Our best tribute to him is continuing our collective work with the unique combination of outrage and fun that Teddy infected us with. Teddy was one of my dearest and most precious friends. I miss him deeply."

Comments by Martin Khor, Director of the South Centre, Co-Founder, Third World Network - on the IFG website. "Teddy Goldsmith -- thanks for the science, the spirit, the fight, the friendship, the life, the Way. Each of us and the world, and the Earth, has benefited immensely."

Global Movement mourns the death of Edward Goldsmith, and celebrates his life - "The Board of Directors and staff of the International Forum on Globalization, joined by dozens of Associates and colleagues, deeply regret to announce, and gravely mourn the death of Edward (Teddy) Goldsmith ... as meaningful as all his achievements on the global political stage, for all of his colleagues and collaborators these works may have been overshadowed by the larger-than-life presence of the man himself, the inspirational teacher, beloved guide, hilarious raconteur, and great, intimate, generous friend." Written by Jerry Mander, Cofounder, Distinguished Fellow, IFG.

Obituary: Teddy Goldsmith 1928 - 2009 - David Taylor remembers Teddy Goldsmith, writing in Green World (issue 66, autumn 2009), the magazine of the Green Party of England and Wales. "The last time I saw Teddy was back in 2004 during the run-up to the European Elections. I'd gone up to London to see if he'd contribute to our campaign here in the south west. What stayed with me after I left was the way he said farewell. He shook my hand and then, with the touch of an old fashioned ‘gentleman', placed his left hand on top of our two held hands, and looked into my eyes. I remember the intimacy of that look. I knew it might be the last time I saw him and it was a gesture of remarkable warmth. I first heard of Teddy in a Sunday magazine back in 1972. He was featured in a story about a group, including Jeremy Faull - the party's first-ever county councillor - who'd bought land in Withiel, Cornwall to create a self-sufficient community living close to the land. Some years later, quite coincidentally, I found myself living in the same valley, with Teddy as my neighbour ..."

Edward Goldsmith wiki - on en.wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia. An evolving account of Teddy's life and works.

Teddy Goldsmith - a tribute - Peter Bunyard, a long standing friend and colleague of Teddy's, offers his personal tribute. Written on 28 August 2009. A shorter version of this article was published on The Ecologist website. "Teddy died on August 21st, in Tuscany, in his hill-top house, a converted convent, which overlooked one of his favourite places in all the world, no less than the mediaeval city of Siena. For Teddy, Siena embodied much of what he believed in; a city with ancient roots going back to the Etruscans, where civic pride and a vibrant living culture was the result of centuries of republicanism and popular participation in the running of the city and where everyone knew everyone else. And the Siennese acknowledged Teddy as one of their own, such that, when word got out, just days before his death, people flooded in from the City to pay their respects to a man whom they admired for his wisdom, humanity and no less his sense of fun ... "

I am where I am today because of Teddy Goldsmith - Jonathon Porritt writes his personal tribute to Teddy. 10 September 2009.