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NEW YORK, New York, June 14, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – Musician Jack Johnson started the Wave for Change conservation social media campaign just in time for World Oceans Day this year. The Hawaii-based performer is asking people around the world to do something for the ocean – cut down on plastics, use more renewable energy and spread the word that the oceans need our help. Doing a Wave for Chan...[Read More]

Akinwumi Adesina, center with trademark bow tie, with the African Development Bank Board of Directors at his investiture ceremony, Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, Sept. 1, 2015 (Photo courtesy Office of the AfDB President) By Sunny Lewis ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, October 25, 2016 (Maximpact.com News) – The African Development Bank has launched the Africa Investment Forum as a meeting place for social impact...[Read More]

President Joe Biden is hosting world leaders from countries large and small in a virtual global meeting on Earth Day, April 22, 2021. Photo date: February 25, 2021 (Photo courtesy National Governors Assn.) Creative Commons license via Flickr WASHINGTON, DC, April 22, 2021 (ENS) – President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to participate in a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate he is hosting to...[Read More]

New Robotic Skins technology developed by Yale researchers allows users to turn everyday objects into robots. (Photo courtesy Yale University) By Sunny Lewis NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, September 20, 2018 (Maximpact.com News) – Search-and-rescue robots that act without risk to first responders, a robotic gripper that grasps and moves objects – these applications and many more just moved closer to real...[Read More]

Dancers during a cultural event at COP27, November 7, 2022, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (Photo by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis). Posted for media use. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, November 16, 2022 –  As world leaders, scientists and diplomats at the United Nations’ annual climate conference, COP27, struggle to agree on how to manage the extremes of global warming, global scientists presented 10 essential clim...[Read More]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a refugee family, a few of the four million refugees Turkey is now sheltering. 2018 (Photo courtesy Government of Turkey) Posted for media use ANKARA, Turkey, January 10, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Eyad and his family fled their home in Syria’s Aleppo countryside in February 2017, during the Bashar al Assad regime’s recapture of the city. “The bombing w...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis BRUSSELS, Belgium, February 28, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – The European Investment Fund and Nest Bank earlier this month signed a microfinance agreement aimed at supporting micro-businesses in Poland under the new EU Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI). EaSI is a new source of funding, offered by the European Investment Fund and the European Commission, to help mi...[Read More]

The 21 young plaintiffs backed by Our Children’s Trust and climate expert Dr. James Hansen, back row with hat. (Photo courtesy Our Children’s Trust) Posted for media use By Sunny Lewis EUGENE, Oregon, August 18, 2016 (Maximpact.com) – A pioneering constitutional climate change lawsuit  is being brought by children, ages 8-19, against the federal government in the U.S. District Court for the Distri...[Read More]

by Sunny Lewis DURBAN, South Africa, September 16, 2015 (Maximpact News) – Investing in forestry means investing not only in trees but in people and in sustainable development, delegates to the 14th World Forestry Congress in Durban affirmed last week. Held with the theme “Forests and People: Investing in a Sustainable Future,” the week-long meeting from September 7-11 took place under the auspice...[Read More]

A Bedouin man rises with the Sun in the Sahara Desert, Morocco. April 14, 2015 (Photo by Jamie McCaffrey) Creative Commons license via Flickr. WASHINGTON, DC, April 25, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – Earth Day is no longer just one day, April 22. Its spilling over into a week of actions worldwide pressing for respect of the Earth; it has even begun to fill the entire month of April. This year is the ...[Read More]

This week’s spotlight deals focus on Women’s empowerment. Three of the latest deals from our Women’s Empowerment sector show that opportunities do exist, if you know where to look for them: DEAL D000482 – LOCATION: GUATEMALA Indigenous women may have experience in entrepreneurial activities such as handicrafts, but they have historically been excluded from bank credit. This often limits their poss...[Read More]

Cobalt is sometimes found along with copper as in this copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. More than half of the global mined cobalt production comes from the DRC. 2017 (Photo by Fairphone) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis BRUSSELS, Belgium, November 19, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – The European Union is aiming for a reliable supply of rare earth minerals and so i...[Read More]