Sustainable Thoughts

Several years ago, George Mason University graduate student Jason Force had a modern idea for the technology: Because grass pellets are just as good as wood chips for this kind of system, why not create a lawn mower with it? It could power itself with the grass it harvested. It could also be self-guiding, like a Roomba, so users would not longer have to mow their own lawn.

He got to work on the self-guiding aspect five years ago. The idea grew into a startup called EcoMow Technologies. Its team began working on the chemical engineering last year.

She Taxi, an all-women taxi service aimed at providing safety and employment opportunities, has pre-launched in the Indian city of Kochi. Registrations for women taxi drivers for the specially designed pink and white-colored cars have begun. “Last month, one [woman] driver alone was able to earn up to Rs 40,000 [$639]. It is a huge opportunity for women who are interested in taking to the roads,” says Ijaz Khan, project manager of Gender Park.