CodenameFinlandia

Take a moment and ask yourself, a project like this requires a lot of time, money and dedication of resources, why would scientists dedicate that time to something that could just be done by a tree?

The answer is they wouldn't. So that means this claim requires further investigation!

This project is called LIQUID 3, and it's not meant for cities with wide open spaces, it's meant for cities like Belgrade in Serbia. These cities are densely populated and heavily polluted, to the point where pollution actually chokes out current trees and makes creating green spaces difficult.

Liquid 3 was a PhD scientists answer to these problems. The microalgae tank is intended for spaces where you either:

Don't have enough space to plant full trees, or

Don't have enough time to plant trees and wait for them to grow up.

The tank is extremely efficient when you consider the amount of space needed compared to the amount of CO2 turned into oxygen. The tank can operate throughout the winter. And most importantly, it can be quickly set up in areas that desperately need relief from air pollution NOW not in 10 years when trees are done growing. Children currently suffocating on polluted air can't wait for trees to grow, they need to be taken care of now, and Liquid 3 is one of the ways to take care of them. Depending on the species of microalgea used, a number have shown a pretty amazing capacity to pull heavy metals out of the air which is something trees can get choked up by.

The tanks aren't just tanks either! Liquid 3 have solar panels placed on top, they have lighting and mobile phone charging, and they work as public benches. The designers of it want to encourage green spaces where there's room, but where there isn't room or time, Liquid 3 can step in. Realistically, this isn't a replacement for trees. It's replacing boring metal city benches with new, cooler benches that also clean the air (and have at least some heating during the winter).

Not only that, but the microalgea that grows is native to Serbia and all that microalgea has a ton of great uses! It makes for great fertilizer, compost, wastewater treatment, cleaner biofuels and even for helping create new tanks for further air purification. They only require a quick algae divide once a month, and the produced algae can be carted off to where ever it's needed. This makes them effective solutions for areas that can't sustain complex installations.

that's love 💚💙

what if we weren’t the ones who would have to be the first, what if someone was brave enough before us to put a light in this path, to help us go through this storm with bravery, heads high.

what if you’re my other half. what if we were meant to be where we are now, always connected, always pulled together to the point where our souls intertwined because we were born to intertwine.

what if I hated you, or maybe I thought I hate you, because that was easier to bear than admitting that I wish you were on my side, instead of theirs. because you were everything I wanted to see in my teammate, my friend, my everything else.

and when the world finally promised we’ll play on the same side of the ice, and you were finally mine, and I just had to reach and pull you closer, but it’s too scary and I don’t have the bravery in me because that’s not what the world expects from me, that’s not what the world wants from us. this is not who we’re supposed to be, but our hearts know better than the world and no matter how hard we try, we can’t stop orbiting, can’t stop staring, can’t stop longing and loving, and softening so visibly and maybe some part of the world notices, but as long as we stay quiet, it’s not real and it won’t hurt us.

so there will always be the invisible wall separating us from the final step, the leash we’re being kept on, and there always will be girls and friends, and they’re brothers, and we can’t stop it, no matter how it breaks my heart, the heavy feeling crushing my ribs, ripping my chest open.

maybe in few years I will lift the cup we won together and look straight into your eyes, and see all the words stuck in our throats in the blue of your gaze, and maybe you will press your forehead to mine when I hand you the trophy, and maybe you’ll whisper some of these words to me, acknowledge them, make them seem real enough to make my heart throb. maybe we’ll continue letting these quiet moments of intimacy slip into our shared nights and maybe sometimes I will let myself have it, and in the morning, it will be nothing more than a haze memory and the softness in your eyes telling me you wish it was all true, too.

Also..Cass is gay!

Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈