the carbon cycle investments family of brands

Welcome to

Carbon Cycle

Investments A family of sustainable brands

December 22, 2011

Carbon Cycle Investments (CCI) is an

umbrella company overseeing a number

of business entities that will soon form a

sustainable energy park. Similar to an

industrial park, Carbon Cycle Parks (CCP)

will foster a business culture that stimulates

and supports social, economic and

environmental sustainability, as well

as incubate businesses that manifest and

perpetuate sustainability within the local

community.

Anchor tenants at each CCP will include

Carbon Cycle Crush (CCI), Carbon Cycle

Air (CCA) and/or Carbon Cycle

Gasification (CCG), among other local

businesses.

Carbon Cycle Investments: A family

of sustainable brands

The Carbon Cycle Family

2

Carbon

Cycle Crush

(CCC)

Carbon

Cycle Air

(CCA)

Carbon

Cycle

Gasification

(CCG)

Carbon Cycle

Parks (CCP)

Carbon Cycle

Investments (CCI)

Buyers, sellers,

partners, supporters

and entrepreneurs

Our Strategy: 1. Invest in businesses

working toward long-term

sustainability.

2. Partner with local/global

organizations and

employees.

3. Share successes,

information and

infrastructure to facilitate

adaptability and scalability. Our Mission: Create sustainable economic,

social and environmental

transformation by providing local,

community-centric, resource-

based solutions.

Our Vision: Rebalance the carbon cycle on a

global scale for future generations.



What is Carbon Cycle Investments?

3 December 22, 2011

We invest in businesses that

increase awareness about the

carbon cycle’s importance and

stimulate economic, social and

environmental sustainability.

Our Strategy: 1. Build a proof-of-concept that

is scalable and adaptable

to other regions.

2. Be the physical host of the

CCI philosophy, facilitating

community ownership of

CCI initiatives.

3. Host a system of shared

resources.

4. Provide consultation services

to share knowledge.

5. Build awareness of the need,

value and benefit of community-

level solutions.

Our Mission: Facilitate scalable and

sustainable transformation

(environmental, social and

economic) by providing a local

and global business incubator

for cottage industries.

Our Vision: Rebalance the carbon cycle at

the community level.



What are Carbon Cycle Parks?

4 December 22, 2011

We incubate sustainable

businesses by offering them

shared resources, consultation

and ongoing support.

Our Strategy: 1. Create economic

opportunities for farmers.

2. Drive demand for crops.

3. Provide community with

means to continue its

sustainable transformation. Our Mission: Make local agriculture

environmentally, socially and

economically sustainable again.

Our Vision: Rebalance the carbon cycle

in agricultural communities.



What is Carbon Cycle Crush?

5 December 22, 2011

We change the way farmers

and ranchers grow their

businesses by driving

demand for crops, providing

educational support, creating

local jobs, and selling high-

quality oil and feed.



Canola oil is sold to make clean, long-

lasting lubricants, soaps and biofuels. 3 plus

Carbon Cycle Crush produces oil

and meal by crushing Canola seed. 2

High-quality, high-protein canola meal

is sold to local livestock farmers. 3

Local farmers

grow canola as a

healthy rotational

crop.

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Carbon Cycle Crush Milestones

7 December 22, 2011

Oroville plant online with first crush, Dec. 5, 2011

o Operational at full capacity (200 tons/day), Jan. 2012

o Will employ 25 local workers at full capacity

o Funded by private investment – no government grants

Port of Benton plant to open, Spring 2012



Carbon Cycle Crush Opportunities

8 December 22, 2011

Opportunities Buy local seed and crush into

oil/meal.

Sell oil/meal to value-added producers and

end users.

Build awareness about benefits of growing canola.

Share successes with employees and partners.

Educate farmers on how to effectively

leverage land.

Foster resource-based capitalism

to keep our solutions local

and independent.



What is Carbon Cycle Gasification?

9 December 22, 2011

Carbon Cycle Gasification will provide plasma-arc gasification technology to convert solid and semi-solid waste into clean, medium BTU synthesis gas that can be used for steam production or direct-fired, gas-turbine generation of electric power.

The facility will be used for both waste management and syn gas creation, solving two critical and worldwide needs. It also provides a revenue stream for biomass harvesting and remnant biomass elimination.

Brand will re-launch in February 2012.



What is Carbon Cycle Air?

10 December 22, 2011

Carbon Cycle Air designs, builds and deploys

air pollution control systems – including scrubbers,

absorbers and wet electrostatic precipitators – to

eliminate particulate materials and acid gases from

industrial exhaust streams.

Deployment of this technology in urban communities

leads to better air quality, positively supporting the

carbon cycle process.

Brand will re-launch in February 2012.

Tim King, President and CEO

Tim has 30-plus years of agro-economics, environmental science and biofuels expertise,

providing consulting and management services in carbon cycle systems for renewable

bioenergy, fuels and chemicals. Previously, Tim worked for 25 years at the United States

Department of Agriculture SCS-NRCS in Nevada, Washington, Idaho and the Pacific Rim

Region.

He also served as USDS Technical Service Center Director for the Pacific Rim Regional

RC&D Carbon Technology Transfer Center funded by Cquest Corporation. He is the founder

of Carbon Technology Transfer Center, and he has detailed and diverse experience in the

operations of production facilities and technologies.

He graduated from Washington State University (WSU) with a BS degree in Forest and Range

Management in 1975. He also earned a BS in Agronomy and Soil Science from WSU. He did

graduate studies 1989 in Silviculture, also at WSU.



Founder: Tim King


Notable accomplishments:

• Created first “Global Releaf” forest via carbon credit sales to MasterCard Corporation on public lands.

• Developed the first private lands title easement for sale of carbon sequestration credits; sold over 50,000

tons of private land owner credits to the PacificCorp utilities in 1991-92.

• In 1993-95, sold over 500,000 tons of private land owner carbon credits to Tenaska Corporation partners.

• In 1999, partnered with RC&D and Cquest to produce fully insured and verified tradable carbon credits.

• He has provided consulting and training to over 20 states, Alberta provincial government, Russian national

forest managers, Beijing University Forest Department, Hobe province in China, and provincial governors

of Vietnam.

Ryan Skinner, Vice President

Ryan has broad experience in sales, marketing and operations with an emphasis on

responsible business growth. Early in his career, he successfully managed and launched

the opening of a regional branch for Penske Truck Leasing, the second-largest truck leasing

company in North America. Subsequently, he was hired to create the systems that incorporate

the participation of 170 regional sales representatives of Sysco Systems for a regional food

service brokerage company in Western Washington.

After acquiring in-demand skills in sales, marketing, business development and operations,

Ryan pursued his entrepreneurial goals and opened a brick-and-mortar health food grocery

store with successful internet and coffee-roasting divisions. The growth of the company was

brisk and was acquired by Harvest Foods, a regional chain of grocery stores that eventually

acquired the entire operation.

After the acquisition of the health food store, Ryan was contracted by a flooring company for

recovery and realignment of projects that had lost direction and leadership. Both multi-million

dollar projects were successfully turned around, pushed back on schedule and completed on

time.

However, during his ownership of the health food store, Ryan realized his passion was not only

in the health of others, but also in the health of the planet and the economy. It was these ideals

that brought him to Tim King, where, together, they have built a family of brands to address

long-term local and global sustainability.



Founder: Ryan Skinner




Carbon Cycle Brands: Change can happen


Problems are opportunities

looking for solutions

Change the world by example

Balance the scales for the middle

class

Offer the whole

package & way of life

Everybody works &

everybody wins

Shift the paradigm:

you can use it and

preserve it

Grassroots vs.

government

Mutually beneficial

partnerships

Media Contact Jon Sumple, Elements In Time

1201 Alaskan Way Ste. 200, Seattle, WA 98101

954-294-7357

[email protected]

Spokane Office

Ryan Skinner, Vice President

1727 E. Springfield Ave, Spokane, WA 99202

Office: 509-242-3036

Cell: 509-953-1004

[email protected]

Oroville Crush Facility

Pam Leslie, Oroville Facilities Manager

224 Appleway Ave, Oroville, WA 54321

Office: 509-476-3667

Cell: 509-560-3900

[email protected]



Carbon Cycle Investments


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What is the carbon cycle?


It’s the journey of carbon atoms – essential building blocks of life on Earth – from the

atmosphere, through all living things, into the earth, and then back to the atmosphere and

water. The carbon cycle is forever sustainable if we, first, understand its critical

importance of global balance to support our existence and, second, do whatever we

must to perpetuate the never-ending circle of life.

That’s why Carbon Cycle Investments (CCI) was created. We want to increase

awareness about the carbon cycle’s importance, and we want to inspire individuals

and communities to develop businesses that encourage economic, social and

environmental sustainability.



Big ideas start locally and expand globally


As a business, the purpose of Carbon Cycle Investments (CCI) is to rebalance the

carbon cycle on a global scale for the benefit of all living things and for generations

to come.

A grand idea? Absolutely. So were the notions of antibiotics, manned flight and

personalized computers. These are all big ideas that evolved when the time was right,

and CCI’s time is now because it offers solutions to several of our global challenges.

We’ve created a business model emphasizing fairness and balance, and we’re

introducing sustainable and scalable business practices that stimulate economic growth,

foster social equality and accelerate environmental stewardship. We believe it’s critical

to nurture and rebalance the carbon cycle, because when we balance the carbon cycle,

we also balance the climate cycle, the energy cycle and the cycle of life.

We know we can’t do it alone. We’re already beginning to drive awareness on a grand

scale by partnering with individuals, communities and companies who share our beliefs.

Working together, we can turn today’s biggest challenges into tomorrow’s significant

opportunities.



Why Oroville?


The first stake in the ground for the first Carbon Cycle Park and its cornerstone Carbon Cycle Crush (CCC)

is in Oroville, WA (population 1,600).

Why this small and remote farming community? The local fruit and lumber business infrastructure began

crumbling several years ago due to rising fuel costs, the economic crash and an inability to compete with

foreign pricing. Oroville’s civic leaders needed to reboot their fading economy. So when Tim and Ryan

came to Oroville to seek support for a crushing facility, the small town simply asked, “how can we help?”

The immediate value for Oroville is new job creation and an opportunity for farmers and ranchers to profit

from growing and selling canola locally. Additional benefits include a local source of healthy meal for their

livestock and oil that can be turned into biofuel. “I can drop off raw canola seed at the crusher, and take it

home as livestock feed the same day,” says local farmer Hal Menach.

A mutually rewarding partnership between Oroville and CCC creates an opportunity for local farmers to

make money again by restoring the viability of farming and ranching in the Okanogan Valley. CCC provides

a sustainable farming model and resource specialists who work side by side with farmers to ensure their

land is sustainable.

If the land is sustainable, the farmer is sustainable. And if the farmer is sustainable, so is the community as

a whole. It’s this sustainable cycle that, when properly nurtured, ensures a thriving future for our children.



Who benefits from CCI initiatives?


CCI’s leadership team strongly believes sustainability is a catalyst for job creation.

The model being deployed in Oroville is a proof of concept – CCI plans to replicate

its highly scalable and adaptable model in applicable farming communities worldwide.

Carbon Cycle Parks can change the world one community at a time, whether a local

Park is driven by the agricultural needs of a Carbon Cycle Crush facility, the waste

removal or syn gas created through Carbon Cycle Gasification or the air pollution

management technology provided by Carbon Cycle Air.

There isn’t a country on Earth that would not benefit from one or all three of these

foundational services.



More about the founding of CCI


CCI was founded by Tim King and Ryan Skinner – two individuals who care deeply about the environment

and the communities in which they live and work. They care about the planet and what it’s going to be like

for their grandchildren. They care about long-term economic health and sustainability. They care about

creating livable-wage jobs that will reinvigorate a stagnant job market. Even better, they don’t support

greed. Or making a buck at the expense of others. Or winning if it means someone has to lose.

Tim and Ryan value people and truly believe everyone should share in success – from employees and

business partners to customers and the surrounding community. By employing individuals and building

partnerships with people who share common values, CCI and its subsidiaries have an opportunity to

spread the wealth. Instead of significant margins to drive profits, pricing will be fair and employees and

partners will have an opportunity for profit sharing. In addition, employees and partners will be encouraged

to share CCI’s vision, mission and values to increase awareness about its sustainable business model.

For many years, Tim has been building and deepening his plans for changing the world through business.

“As a capitalist, I don’t want to be a piranha devouring everything in my path. I want to build a business that

takes care of people – both inside and outside of the company, and the planet – both locally and globally.

It’s just the right thing to do.”

Creating balance requires an ethical approach to capitalism rather than profit-at-all-cost capitalism. Under

Tim and Ryan’s guidance, CCI will grow by attracting partners instead of eliminating them. Their “working

together, we all benefit” mantra will encourage businesses and entrepreneurs to follow and support them

in their mission to educate and inspire sustainable action.

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