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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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Colin Robertson | Speaker | TED.com
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Colin Robertson tenía 3 minutos para contarle al público de TED y al mundo su solución para mejorar el sistema salud a través de la energía solar y la colaboración voluntaria distribuida. Y entonces pasó algo…
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Now I work in the solarsolar technologytecnología industryindustria.
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And my smallpequeña startuppuesta en marcha
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is looking to forcefuerza ourselvesNosotros mismos
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into the environmentambiente
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... payingpago attentionatención to crowd-sourcingcrowd-sourcing.
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…la colaboración distribuida.
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of what we do.
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de lo que hacemos.
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Podemos... podemos continuar…
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Okay.
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SolarSolar technologytecnología is ...
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Oh, ¿Ya se me término el tiempo?
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Okay. Thank you very much.
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Muy bien. Muchas gracias.
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Translated by Sebastian Betti
Reviewed by Carlo Dezerega

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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