Month: January 2023

A small portion of the Great Wall of China, begun in the 8th century BC, which now stretches more than 20,000 kilometers (13,171 miles) across China’s historical northern border. November 30, 2020 (Photo by “found_in_a_attic”) Creative commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 14, 2021 (Maximpact.com News) – People tend to think that 40 to 50 percent of all...[Read More]

Children of trainee carpet weavers at an in-house kindergarten at the Afghan Bazar Carpet Company in Mazar-e Sharif, in northern Afghanistan’s Balkh Province. December 3, 2019 (Photo courtesy International Labour Organisation Asia-Pacific) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact NEW YORK, New York, December 31, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Young people are his greatest sour...[Read More]

Pilot Jeremy Rowsell with the On Wings of Waste aircraft. Rowsell was born in London into a family of military pilots. He first flew solo at age 14, flew during university, then travelled and flew extensively in Africa. Working as a broker at Lloyds of London led to a job in Australia. He currently lives Sydney and works for multinational insurer Jardine Lloyd Thompson, who supported his flight On...[Read More]

Setumo Dam and Reservoir before rehabilitation by BlueGreen Water Technologies, 2020 (Photo courtesy Infrastructure News) Posted for media use https://infrastructurenews.co.za/2021/10/10/bluegreen-water-technologies-successfully-rehabilitates-mahikengs-setumo-dam/ By Sunny Lewis for Maximpact MAHIKENG, South Africa, October 27, 2021 (Maximpact.com News) – A new technology that removes harmful alga...[Read More]

Solar panels cover the roof of Sony’s Jimmy Stewart Building in Culver City, California, 2018 (Photo courtesy Sony Pictures) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis CUPERTINO, California, October 17, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Not every company, of course, but increasing numbers of corporations, led by some of the world’s largest tech firms, are taking responsibility to protect people and planet wit...[Read More]

By: Nita Kirby, Director of Client Solutions at CyberGrants Whether it be child or animal welfare, medical advancements or worldwide atrocities, there is something out there that inspires action from you. Because there are so many causes to support, often a few that a majority of employees have some connection to, you would think the feeling of care would result in action. However, anyone who has ...[Read More]

Fruits and vegetables for sale at Le Marché de Noailles, Marseille, France, October 1, 2014 (Photo by kixmi71) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis BRUSSELS, Belgium, October 12, 2017 (Maximpact.com  News) – A pregnant woman eating a salad of fresh fruit grown by conventional agriculture in the European Union may think she is providing healthy nourishment to her future baby, but in f...[Read More]

NORTHERN IRELAND, August 31, 2022 (Maximpact.com Sustainability News) Three Bedouin sisters from Kuwait are among a group of 16 asylum seekers who have scored highly in their GESEs despite many of them only starting to learn English in February this year. The group of students aged between 15 and 18 were being taught English by Maximpact, the agency contracted by the Department for Education. Two ...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, DC, February 16, 2016 (ENS) – The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has been chosen to participate in four projects that will build a modern, responsive electricity grid across the United States capable of supporting a two-way flow of both electricity and information. This nonprofit industry consortium includes: utilities, vendors, investment institutions, industr...[Read More]

Part of the newly inscribed World Heritage natural site Qinghai Hoh Xil on the Tibetan Plateau (Photo by Mark Meng) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis KRAKOW, Poland, July 13, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – The world has three new sites of outstanding natural value designated for protection by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, which just concluded a 10-day meeting in Krakow. During...[Read More]

Snow on the peaks above Davos, Switzerland where just two weeks ago there was little snow. (Photo by Valeriano Di Domenico courtesy World Economic Forum) Posted for media use on Flickr By Sunny Lewis DAVOS, Switzerland, January 17, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab welcomed participants to the 47th Annual Meeting today with the thought tha...[Read More]

Harvard professor Daniel Nocera (Photo by Kris Krüg) Creative Commons license via Flickr by Sunny Lewis CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, September 8, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Scientists at Harvard have developed a technology that mimics the way leaves produce energy from sunlight, water and air. A device about the size of a credit card, the “bionic leaf” includes a solar panel. When placed in water, i...[Read More]