This is Översjön, a lake that flows into Swedens third largest lake Mälaren. Due to over fertilization the quality of the fresh water is declining. About 2,5 million Swedes, (one fourth of the population) get their drinking water from Mälaren and it's growing every day as more people move into the region. The number one threat comes from phosphorous and nitrogen. About 64% of that flows in from agriculture producing animal feed and faeces from grazing animals. It is urgent that we change the ways of our culture, for food production so that we can sustain a healthy nature. To adapt to the destruction from our culture by building more stuff to take care of the negative effects is an expensive strategy. To ruin nature for short time wealth kills the soul.

The poem is made with a shovel and some chalk on a frozen lake Översjön - March 2018. It's a part of my project Signs on the surface.