In Norwegian we have the expression "bånn i bøtta" - the bottom of the bucket. It means that something is really miserable. I thought it was the right way to describe the olive harvest this year. We were told that it was fifteen percent of an average year. It wasn`t hard to understand as we walked from tree to tree in search of some olives to pick.
I asked why there were so few olives this year. The answer was that it had been too little rain. Someone also mentioned an unusually warm period in May. Olive seasons vary a lot from year to year, and it very well be that this year is part of this pattern. Still it got me thinking about the vulnerable balance on this earth of ours.
Some months ago I started reading a book about the climate changes by a Norwegian journalist, Klima - hva skjer?. There it said that not only are some parts of the world going to be wetter, but the dry areas are actually going to even dryer, because a higher temperature will make more of the moist stay in the atmosphere. After some weeks at the West Bank I have started to realize what an abundance of water we have in Norway, and I see how dependant people are on this resource. It`s hard to imagine how life will be in the Middle East with even less water, and trying to picture life at the bottom of the bucket makes me a bit worried.
If you speak Norwegian, and want to read more about the climate changes, try this website.
kjære marie hurra endelig har jeg fått muligheten til å skrive noen ord til deg. jan og jeg er hos ingrid på middag og nå har vi sett gjennom bloggen din. kommentarer kommer senere på det du skriver, men jeg ville bare sende et lite livstegn fra oss to. har nå funnet ut hvordan jeg kan lese bloggen din med god hjelp fra ingrid.masse klem fra mamma og jan.nd
ReplyDeleteHmmm...kanskje Vårt Land skal ta saken videre? Håper du fortsatt har det bra, Marie :)
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