eHub project presented at Rework The World, Leksand, Sweden, 2-6 June 2010
Please read the call to arms for the "capital-flow-based emission control mechanism" (CAFECOM) research project at
http://tinyurl.com/CAFECOM
The focus of my presentation will actually be the unique visions that I set up ahead rather than just a mere mentoring model.There are many slides and ideas so I will leave the details until our discussion.Why I want to make this BIG is because…
Most developing countries are facing a big…
Problem
The marvel character here stands for the Green MovementWe have students and corporations here and thereThey sure react indifferentlyI made this cartoon so you can’t find on the internet
At the same time I believe students can contribute to solving businesses’ problems by piling up their creativity and knowledge learned from others
So I want to bring them together with help from experts.Companies offer access to their workplace, dataExperts select most suitable data that can serve as instructional materials and teach studentsStudents produce solution packages to the companiesIn the process we will involve suppliers across the countries and from overseasHowever, I am afraid this model can’t be easily replicated in too underdeveloped countries because of lack of local expert and supplier
Also, to ensure the output of the project, we expect to have the best students participate, especially those I call 2nd class, like myself, the ones who are swelled up with ideas but hardly get any further.
The solution package would normally contain 3 Rs…
There are a lot of things being done like recycling paper, printer cartridge, water, etc.
This cloud refers to cloud computing which enables you to use web-based program, save the work inside your computer.Other technologies to reduce energy usage are LED, green roof, etc.
Here’s Steve with his newest invention. In near future you will have meeting with you ipad, no more traveling.
Sorry if this isn’t a good picture. I took at my house. We never afford an air conditioner but we prepare this anyway.I want to say that even if we don’t have enough capacity to help businesses do the 3 Rs, we can help them prepare for the technologies that will be applied in near future. I learnt from Japanese how they planned their subway since the birth of their cities.
This is my vision that the project will be scaled up into an organic facilities where students, businesses, experts, and suppliers work together. Hopefully this big.
I’m job hunting and having interview for this Japanese company and they have things in common. They do convenient stores, they cram all the sustainable technologies, convenient utilities into these stores, and now they want more, to be a place people gather and learn, to become society’s infrastructure, and we want the same.
On my way to get here, I saw this, they have started to use the space on top of them and that’s great
I want to get on top of them like this
And we know McDonalds now has an initiative to power the whole building that contains it. Why not like this. There are countless possibilities.
Here is my core statement for the next vision
Here is illustration of capital flows among populations in the society, which each produce different amount of emissions
And we have different businesses that make happen inflow and outflow of different businesses. There’s not a linear solution because it’s not always the rich’s fault for the whole mess of climate we are in. I have a 10 pages discussing about this.
Normally, the capital flow goes from customers to suppliers because one makes and one paysHowever, in case of Walmart, because all cost in the middle of its supply chain are externalized so that customers actually pay less for more, so the capital flow actually goes from suppliers to customers who are the beneficiary.Differentiation pricing, floating pricing, skimming pricing can make happen capital flow among customersSpecific policies in corporate governance make happen capital flow among stakeholdersI mean by making precise proposal to businesses we can affect the capital flow through them
So my 2nd vision to control emission by affecting the capital flow through enough many businesses and achieving massive scale like these 2 companies
And next is to source project and business that conform to that mechanismIn this metaphor, we have younoodle – a website that give startups a score to appeal to investors.
I have a dream to get everything set in 3 years
This can be replicated as much as you like. The 3 visions can be conveyed, proposed to countless of current mentoring projects or other kinds.