New Zealand’s government says it will help pay for lower-income families to scrap their old gas guzzlers and replace them with cleaner hybrid or electric cars as part of a sweeping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The government said it plans to spend 569 million New Zealand dollars ($357 million) on the trial program as part of a larger plan that includes subsidies for businesses to reduce emissions, a switch to an entirely green bus fleet by 2035 and curbside food-waste collection for most homes by the end of the decade.

The plan represents a step toward the pledges the nation made under the 2016 Paris Agreement on climate change and New Zealand’s stated goal of achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

The plan also sets a target of reducing total car travel by 20% over the next 13 years by offering better transportation options in cities as well as improved options for cyclists and walkers.

The programs will be paid for from a 4.5 billion New Zealand dollar ($2.8 billion) climate emergency response fund. Officials said that over time, money collected from polluters would pay for the programs rather than taxes from households.

We’ve taken a giant step closer to a Jetsons-like future with the opening of Urban-Air Port’s Air-One, touted as the world’s first flying-taxi hub.

Opened in Coventry, England, the station is being positioned as a pioneer for more than 200 electric vertical takeoff and landing ports that are planned to be built around the globe.

Zero-emission drones will ferry passengers and transport cargo as part of what the company calls “the coming green air transportation revolution.”

But Don’t grab your suitcase just yet, though. Air-One is currently more of a model than a working vertiport.

Let’s see This interview with Ricky Sandhu, founder and executive chairman of Urban-Air Port which was conducted during the opening of the company’s first vertiport, Urban Air One.

 It’s intended to demonstrate the feasibility of a global network of hubs that could be constructed on land, placed on water, or even sit atop a skyscraper.

That versatility means that the vertiports could reach areas current air travel cannot, and they would also have a smaller environmental footprint with less congestion and air pollution.

Vertiports would be positioned not just for passenger travel and package delivery, but also for emergency management and security and defense operations.

Constructed in just eleven weeks, Air-One has a 17,000-square-foot radial design that’s divided into zones.

Different zones house a cargo and logistics hub, vehicle hangar, security screening area and command-and-control center, as well as a passenger lounge, café, and retail pop-up sites.

The zones are anchored by a 56-foot circular platform that raises 19 feet for vertical takeoffs and landings.

Urban-Air Port said Air-One will demonstrate how purpose-built ground infrastructure can unleash the potential of advanced air mobility. The company reported a market expected to reach $1 trillion within the next 20 years.

The Bolwoningen Houses are unique spherical houses that constitute an experimental housing project, located between the Bollenveld Street and an artificial channel among the usual red brick houses that can be found in the town of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, commonly known as Den Bosch, within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

When the name of the houses is going to be translated into English, the equivalent would be ‘ball’ or ‘bulb’ and the interesting shape of the houses that is like a golf ball, was designed by the Dutch artist and sculptor Dries Kreijkamp.

He thought of the idea in the late 1970s, however, with the subsidy of the Dutch Government, the houses were built in 1984.

The idea of Dries Kreijkamp was to create housing for experimental living which will optimize the experience of nature in all its facets.

The futuristic and interesting globes are constructed of cement and mostly fiberglass, whereas they have a diameter of some 6 meters (20 feet), and give to the residents an interesting 360 degrees view of the surrounding nature.

The cylindrical base is used as storage and utility space, while the rest of the three floors is the actual habitat, floors that are connected with a spiral staircase which feature a bedroom for one or two people on the first floor, going to the intermediate floor that has the bathroom, finally finishing with the uppermost floor which constitutes the kitchen and the living room.

The last floor is the biggest of every single one, and it is a vast open space that is penetrated by an abundance of natural light provided by the panoramic round pivot windows.

There are exactly 50 houses that are connected with diagonal pedestrian paths, with no courtyards nor communal outdoor seating and close to each other, which makes it attractive to the single-dwellers who would like to remains introverted and isolated.

Even though some people can not believe, but the Bolwoningen Houses are still inhabited, where the creator Kreijkamp is still suggesting for the same design, nonetheless, this time the houses to be built on water.

He even did the design of a floating globe houses made from polyester, which are powered by solar energy and wind turbines, something out of the ordinary, definitely futuristic design.

So far, that dream is not yet realized, but for now everyone will have the opportunity to be amazed from the impressive Bolwoningen Houses.