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Colin Robertson - Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?

Why you should listen

Colin Robertson is a young entrepreneur with a single, world-changing idea: crowdsource solar energy solutions to the global climate crisis. He is a passionate believer in the idea that we can solve all of our problems by coming together in groups.

He is also a fictional character created by ImprovEverywhere for a special prank at TED2012. He is played by Eugene Cordero, an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles, and a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 

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TED2012

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Colin Robertson had 3 minuten op het TED-podium om de wereld te vertellen over zijn crowdsourced zorgoplossing op zonne-energie. En toen ...
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TodayVandaag I'm going to talk
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about unexpectedniet verwacht discoveriesontdekkingen.
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Now I work in the solarzonne- technologytechnologie industryindustrie.
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Ik werk in de sector van de zonnetechnologie.
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And my smallklein startupbeginnen
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is looking to forcedwingen ourselvesonszelf
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wil zich een weg banen
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into the environmentmilieu
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in het milieu
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by payingbetalen attentionaandacht to ...
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door aandacht te besteden aan ...
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... payingbetalen attentionaandacht to crowd-sourcingmenigte-sourcing.
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... aandacht te besteden aan crowdsourcing.
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It's just a quicksnel videovideo-
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Dit is een klein filmpje
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of what we do.
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over wat we doen.
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Huh. HangHang on a momentmoment.
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Hm. Even geduld.
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It mightmacht take a momentmoment to loadladen.
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Misschien duurt het even voor het opgeladen is.
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(LaughterGelach)
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We'llWe zullen just -- we can just skipoverspringen --
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We zullen -- we kunnen dit overslaan --
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I'll just skipoverspringen throughdoor the videovideo- insteadin plaats daarvan ...
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Ik zal de video gewoon overslaan ...
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No.
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Nee.
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This is not ...
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Dat is niet ...
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Okay.
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Oké.
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SolarZonne-energie technologytechnologie is ...
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Zonnetechnologie is ...
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Oh, that's all my time?
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Oh, mijn tijd is om?
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Okay. Thank you very much.
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Oké. Hartelijk dank.
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Translated by Els De Keyser
Reviewed by Wouter Valvekens

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Colin Robertson - Social energy entrepreneur
Colin Robertson is apparently "attempting to make the world's first crowdsourced solar energy solution" Or is he?

Why you should listen

Colin Robertson is a young entrepreneur with a single, world-changing idea: crowdsource solar energy solutions to the global climate crisis. He is a passionate believer in the idea that we can solve all of our problems by coming together in groups.

He is also a fictional character created by ImprovEverywhere for a special prank at TED2012. He is played by Eugene Cordero, an actor and comedian based in Los Angeles, and a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. 

More profile about the speaker
Colin Robertson | Speaker | TED.com