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Ultra-thin layers of rust on bridge supports in salt water can generate electricity, scientists at two American universities have discovered. (Photo by Morteza Akhnia/Unsplash courtesy Caltech) By Sunny Lewis PASEDENA, California, August 29, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – There are many ways to generate renewable power – solar panels, wind turbines, geothermal installations and hydroelectric dams. An...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis, Train-the-Trainer is a proven method of sharing knowledge that’s efficient and effective. Experts guide would-be trainers to achieve the skills that they themselves have already mastered – how to train others to share knowledge. These are communications skills like active listening, accurate observing and helping participants to link the training they receive to their own jobs. The...[Read More]

COP23 leaders, from left: UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa of Brazil; President Emmanuel Macron, France; Frank Bainimarama, prime minister of Fiji and COP 23 president; Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany; and UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the opening of the High-Level Segment of the conference, November 15, 2017 (Photo courtesy Earth Negotiations Bulletin) Posted for media us...[Read More]

Creative reuse of Used PCBs, Agbogbloshie , February 28, 2014 (Photo by Fairphone) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis TOKYO, Japan, January 26, 2017 (Maximpact.com News) – The volume of discarded electronics in East Asia and Southeast Asia rose nearly two-thirds between 2010 and 2015, and e-waste generation is growing fast both in total volume and per person measures, new United Na...[Read More]

Refugee women take a computer course in the SADA Women-only Center in Gaziantep, Turkey. September 16, 2017 (Photo courtesy UN Women) Creative Commons license via Flickr By Sunny Lewis GENEVA, Switzerland, July 2, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – “We urgently need more countries to come forward and resettle more refugees,” pleaded Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, on Monday. With 8...[Read More]

By Marta Maretich @maximpactdotcom The IPCC report on “impacts, adaptation and vulnerability” caused a stir when it came out in March. The picture it paints of the current realities and possible future effects of climate change is not pretty. In its careful language, there’s “high confidence” that the earth is already suffering the effects of climate change and that, if we don’t take steps to avoi...[Read More]

by Michael Volkmann TEXAS, United States, April 1, 2018  Virtual reality is already dominating traditional forms of entertainment. With VR you can participate in films as if you’re one of the characters, venture forth into fantasy lands or even roleplay as a cubicle-confined office worker. These applications of virtual reality aren’t too surprising. Augmenting entertainment with VR seems like a na...[Read More]

BRUSSELS, Belgium, March 12, 2021 (Maximpact.com News) – The seas of the world will soon be lined with offshore wind farms as humanity tries to limit global warming by replacing coal, oil and gas power plants with renewable energy generated by the wind. Europe invested a record amount in new offshore wind farms last year – €26.3 billion – despite the unexpected financial demands of the coronavirus...[Read More]

Celebrants at a party ring in the New Year 2017, December 31, 2016 Helsinki, Finland (Photo by Ilkka Jukarainen) Creative Commons license via Flickr NEW YORK, New York, April 23, 2020 (Maximpact.com News) – Finland is the happiest country in the world for the third straight year, according to this year’s United Nations World Happiness Report. The World Happiness Report 2020 ranks 156 countries by ...[Read More]

2018 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners: top row, from left, AFRICA: Makoma Lekalakala and Liziwe McDaid, South Africa; ASIA: Khanh Nguy Thi, Vietnam; EUROPE: Claire Nouvian, France; bottom row, from left, ISLANDS: Manny Calonzo, The Philippines; NORTH AMERICA: LeeAnne Walters, United States; SOUTH AMERICA: Francia Márquez, Colombia. (Photo courtesy Goldman Environmental Foundation) Posted for me...[Read More]

Refugees from Africa try to cross the Mediterranean in an overloaded boat to reach Europe. Refugee boat was seen from the deck of the Italian Coastguard ship, the San Giorgio, during a Mediterranean patrol in 2014. (Photo by Alfredo D’Amato / UNHCR) Posted for media use. By Sunny Lewis NEW YORK, New York, July 16, 2019 (Maximpact.com News) – The United Nations Security Council has condemned an air...[Read More]

By Sunny Lewis BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 25, 2015 (Maximpact News) – Europeans no longer trust the way the EU resolves disputes between investors and states, says European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström. The Swedish politician proposes to restore that trust by establishing a “modern and transparent” Investment Court System to replace the existing investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) a...[Read More]