Green Day Out China’s Potential to Lead the

Global Green Revolution 16th June, 2012

Alex Shoer Co-Founder: e8 Resources

» 1) China Speed & Size » 2) Youth & Entrepreneurs » 3) Collaboration & Sustainability » 4) Technology

• Global Visibility •  Constant Technology Demand

•  Urgency •  Culture of rapid prototyping

•  No place in the world craves more for cool technology with such a fast growing, critical but yet constructive web generation

•  No place in the world has this many young, entrepreneurial people longing for the better

•  Buy used

•  Borrow from others

• Make or grow your own

•  Be happier with less

Reduce your consumption

•  Car sharing –  Zipcar, Streetcar, GoGet, WhizzCar, Autoshare,

Stattauto, Autolibre, Denzeldrive

•  Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing –  Whipcar, RelayRides, Drivemycar Rentals,

Getaround, Tamyca, Buzzcar

•  Bike sharing –  Velib, Bixi, Barclays Cycle Hire, B-Cycle,

Ecobici, Call-A-Bike, CyclOcity, Niceride

•  Ride sharing –  Zimride, Nuride, Liftshare, Jayride,

goCarShare, GoLoco, Carpooling, Caronetas,

•  Solar Power –  Solar City, Solar Century, PretaSol, One Block

Off The Grid, CitizenRe

•  Neighborhood Rental –  Sharesomesugar, Neighborrow,

Neighborgoods, The Sharehood, Frents

•  1Toy Rental –  Dim Dom, BabyPlays, Rent-a-toy, ToyLib,

Speelotheken, Brinquedoteca, Smarty Rents

•  Textbook Rental –  Chegg, CampusBookRentals, Zookal, BookRenter

•  Art Rental –  Art.sy, Artsicle, TurningArt

•  Fashion Rental –  Bag Borrow & Steal, Fashionhire, From Bags To

Riches, i-Ella, Dress Vault

•  Movies –  Netflix, Quickflix, LoveFilm

•  General Online Rental –  Rentcycle, AnyHire

•  Peer Rental

•  Don’t follow the US Consumerism

– Buy for the long-term – Share with others – Always think through why you

are buying something

•  Only one Earth

•  Spurring a new kind of economy

•  Collaboration can eliminate poverty

•  “Happiness is not real unless share”

•  China emits more CO2 than the US and Canada put together – Up by 171% since the year 2000 – Per-Capita C02 Emissions are almost

10x higher in U.S. (If China increases CO2 output by 10x times the world will have some problems)

Source: International Energy Statistics http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/cfapps/ipdbproject

Environmental Solutions and Technologies of all kinds:

Developing a platform to promote and support Green Tech in China

Online tool ties everyone together and creates shared value

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Plan to Reverse model to take Chinese technologies to the West 03

04 Engage the community and spur innovative thinking…

Venue: Bamboo Hills, Yu Chi Country Club, Anji

Guests: US Consulate, Dutch Consulate, Raefer Wallis, Patrick Berbon, Louie Cheng, etc

Topics: Aquaponics, Air Quality, Innovation, Sustainable Landscaping, Water Management, etc

» 1) China Speed & Size » 2) Youth & Entrepreneurs » 3) Collaboration & Sustainability

» 4) Technology

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.” -Seneca

For any questions, comments or other information, please contact me:

@alexshoer Alex@e8r.asia