Element S

The Empowerment Plan is a vision being realized in , Michigan by CCS student, Veronika Scott.  The Empowerment Plan centers around the Element S , now in its third stage of development.  Element S coat stores the heat given off by the wearer during the day and at night

transforms into a single person heated tent.

Scott, the designer of the Element S coat, in working with people such as Melvin Love and Nykesha Newburn three times a week at the NSO, developed an understanding of the issues facing the homeless in Detroit.  The plan has grown far beyond the confines of a school assignment; its purpose has become crucial to the lives of others.

Element S is now up for the James Dyson Award, click here to vote.

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