Solar-Powered Lights Flick On Across Nigeria
By Sunny Lewis WASHINGTON, DC, November 4, 2015 (Maximpact News) – The U.S. government’s development finance institution, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), has signed a US$15 million commitment to finance a business that provides solar electricity to homes and small business throughout Nigeria. The off-grid electricity provider is Txtlight Power Solutions, Ltd. doing business as ...[Read More]
What Challenges do NGOs face and what are the solutions?
MAXIMPACT BLOG March 20, 2017 Maximpact.com Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) refer to highly diverse groups of enterprises engaged in a wide spectrum of non-profit activities. The focus of NGOs can range from humanitarian and rural development to assisting local startups and businesses. There are roughly 3.7 million NGOs worldwide with an estimated 2 million of them in India. The first NGO da...[Read More]
Today Is Earth Overshoot Day 2016
Fishing for herring off the southern coast of British Columbia, Canada, March 2011 (Photo by Terra Canadensis) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis GENEVA, Switzerland, August 8, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Earth Overshoot Day this year falls on August 8. Today, humanity’s demands on nature this year exceed what the Earth can regenerate before year’s end calculates the internationa...[Read More]
8 – 10 October – Live online Webinar: Register before the 3rd October – LAST CALL
This is, literally, a growing global issue and more and more people will need to acquire skills to combat waste. Recent estimates put global waste production from cities alone at 1.5 billion tons, and project an increase to 2.3 billion tons by 2025 – this is a problem that’s only going to get worse. It’s vital we educate people to deal with all the related issues and impact of global waste. About ...[Read More]
Novel Electronics Boost Solar Panel Power
Solar Panels in Solar Park 2.0 on Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s Campus North. 2022 (Photo by Markus Breig courtesy Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). Posted for media use. KARLSRUHE, Germany, October 29, 2022 (Maximpact Sustainability News.com) – “We want to increase the power output of photovoltaic facilities under unfavorable conditions, such as shade, dirt, or aging, and to optimize the ...[Read More]
Tidal Wave of Support Lifts World Oceans Day
Schooling fairy basslets on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, July 8, 2007 (Photo by GreensMPs) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis NAIROBI, Kenya, June 12, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – To celebrate World Oceans Day, June 8, nations throughout the world showed an unprecedented commitment to healthy, thriving oceans and seas, free from plastic pollution, say officials at UN Environme...[Read More]
Riding Electric Vehicles Into the Hi-tech Future
By Sunny Lewis LONDON, UK, November 6, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Imagine the joy of driving your zero-emissions electric car for 1,500 miles (2,414 km) without stopping to recharge the battery. Until now that has been impossible for any type of vehicle anywhere in the world, but late last month an ex-British naval officer signed a multi-million-pound deal to produce his revolutionary new type of...[Read More]
Is Climate Change to Blame?
Houston, Texas resident up to his knees in floodwaters dumped by Hurricane Harvey, August 28, 2017 (Photo by Jill Carlson) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis MIAMI, Florida, September 20, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – Contemplating the destruction and suffering that four ferocious hurricanes have brought to the Caribbean over the past three weeks, UN Secretary-General António Guterre...[Read More]
Insurance Industry Wakes Up to Ocean Risks
Sea level rise inundates streets in St. Louis, Senegal which borders the Atlantic Ocean on Africa’s west coast. September 2015 (Photo by Patrick Schumacher) Public domain via Flickr By Sunny Lewis SOUTHAMPTON, Bermuda, May 10, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Unprecedented changes occurring in the oceans signal the urgent need for a multi-sectoral approach, with businesses, governments and the insuran...[Read More]
Energy Poverty Can Follow Shift to Renewables
Hanna, a founding member and activist of MALOA (Malen Land Owners and Users Association) is preparing dinner in the kitchen of her home in Sahn Malen, Sierra Leone, West Africa, where there is no electricity or running water. December 12,2015 (Photo by FIANBelgium) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis PORTLAND, Oregon, July 25, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Efforts to shift away from f...[Read More]
China & USA: Green Health Care Partners
Yang Hongwei of the China National Health Development Research Center speaks at a forum on the Construction and Development Strategy of a Green Health Care System, March 23, 2016, Beijing, China (Photo courtesy China National Health Development Research Center) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis SAN FRANCISCO, California, October 13, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – A delegation from the Chinese hea...[Read More]
EU Emissions Deal Founders on Flexibilities
Smog in Warsaw, Poland, November 4, 2015 (Photo by Radek Kołakowski) Creative Commons license via Flickr by Sunny Lewis BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 19, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – The European Commission and Parliament (EUROPA) are trying to enact ambitious targets to cut air pollution, but Europe’s largest federation of environmental groups warns that EU Member States have agreed on a weak directive ...[Read More]