Sri Lanka

The government of the island nation of Sri Lanka has just announced a partnership with Google that will bring affordable high-speed internet access to every inch of the country using the company's Project Loon balloons.

Clearpoint Residencies, in Kotte, Sri Lanka, is vying for the title of the world's tallest vertical garden. It will be the first sustainable high-rise apartment complex in the country, with solar panels for electricity generation, a waste water recycling system and planted facades.