North Coast Strategies

04/28/2022

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-charging/is-vehicle-to-everything-charging-ready-for-prime-time

Bidirectional charging could provide home backup power, stabilize the grid, and lower costs for EV owners. A new consortium aims to make it mainstream.

04/28/2022

When people can access care, providers can help them achieve successful outcomes. Yet a shortage of workers able to support this increased need is standing in the way for people to access vital services and the hodgepodge approach to creating is not working. Our system works, but we are at capacity. This is a once-in-a-lifetime for the & to put aside and make a real difference in the lives of others, not just for short-term gain but for changes that will last for generations to come, for all . We are ready to help in that effort and I am grateful to the for sharing our plan via

With a limited workforce pipeline, a high turnover rate and constrained funding, the problems plaguing our behavioral health system will get worse.

09/17/2021

To get the on you need to look under the hood and see how EVs are charged. The infrastructure bill now before US Congress focus on range and the number of chargers. We should really be discussing installing bi-directional chargers into EVs to build a more resilient grid that will keep the power on during and bring down the costs of an EV before you even talk about range. This article via GreenBiz Group and Liz Morrison provides a great perspective on the EV market via Energy.

What you need to know about the future of the CHAdeMo and CCS specifications, which currently rule the charging technology landscape for electric vehicles.

09/17/2021

In Hebrew, the word for 'crisis' is "מַשׁבֵּר" (ma'sh'ber) which means birthing-stool. According to Rabbi Lord Jonathan Saks (Z"L), crises are not just opportunities, something new is beginning again. The Climate Crisis demands action and out of this crisis comes innovation and ingenuity. Companies like LanzaTech are turning pollution into products we use every day -- plastics, athleisure, fuel, fragrances and so much more. This is not science fiction it is what we can do to avoid a climate catastrophe today. Thanks to Carey Biron Thomson Reuters for sharing this story.

https://news.trust.org/item/20210916000058-2k0ky/

09/17/2021

In Detroit and looking for something to do this weekend. I hope you will join me for Common Ground's Birmingham Street Art Fair which directly benefits Common Ground, and at Detroit Month of Design at The Scarab Club for Services to Enhance Potential PASC Exhibit From Periphery to Center, an exhibit made by artists with . Thanks to FOX 2 Detroit News and Hilary Golston On-Air for sharing this story.

A group of artists with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges are seeing their work on display for the first time in person at the Scarab Club in Detroit.

09/02/2021

How a former Reddit CTO and Pinterest founding engineer is using his expertise to help an EV charging startup reform the electric grid. Thanks to Business Insider for sharing this story about Fermata Energy

Marty Weiner, formerly at the helm of Reddit, is now advising an EV charging startup. He applies these lessons learned from tech to the company.

08/17/2021

Looking for something to do this weekend and spend the day outdoors? If you are in Northeast Ohio ( #419) I hope you will join me for The Levis Commons Fine Art Fair in Perrysburg. Thanks to WTOL 11 and Amanda Fay, Anchor/Reporter for covering the events that make Toledo a great place to live, shop, work, and play.

https://www.wtol.com/video/entertainment/television/programs/your-day-guests/dont-miss-the-levis-commons-fine-art-fair-this-weekend/512-c409de55-b8c8-4527-91a4-716bd6196263

08/17/2021

Resale is a multi-billion dollar a year industry — ThredUP, an online resale marketplace, pegs the total resale market in 2018 at $24 billion ... predicting it will reach $64 billion by 2028. Today is National Thrift Store Day and I want to thank Amy Lange Fox 2 and WJBK-TV for recognizing the important role thrift stores such as those operated by STEP have in providing job opportunities for people with developmental disabilities and for supporting the nonprofits providing skill support services. There are other benefits around sustainability and a good post for Tik Tok or Insta, but for me, it is the job opportunities they create and the skills they provide. Shop at your local thrift store today and recognize the nonprofits they support.

07/29/2021

Reddit’s Chief Technology Officer to bring leadership and experience to the scaling of V2X technology

07/16/2021

Pants produced from pollution? Available in stores soon. Thanks to Fast Co. for sharing this news with lululemon and LanzaTech.

The material is exactly the same as you’d find in current Lululemon products, except the polyester comes from ethanol that was produced by pollution-eating bacteria.

07/13/2021

In working with a number of companies to help avoid a climate crisis and communicate the impact they are making in reaching , I am grateful to Sustainable Brands for sharing the news that lululemon and LanzaTech are collaborating to create the first fabric using recycled carbon emissions. Who would have thought that steel mill off-gas would someday become apparel?

The carbon-capture experts and the high-end yoga pants purveyor have developed a waste-gas-based polyester with the same appearance, properties and functionality of virgin polyester — a lower-carbon potential game-changer for the apparel industry.