Sadhguru launched the Save the Soil movement to prevent a phenomenon that UN agencies are referring to as ‘soil extinction’ – the death of fertile soil across the world, a potential threat to humanity Is.
Spiritual guru Sadhguru, who is currently on a 100-day, 30,000-km journey as part of the ‘Save Soil Andolan’, will reach Lucknow on June 7. To further spread the movement’s message, Sadhguru will address a public event along with the chief. Minister Yogi Adityanath in the city.
The Save the Soil movement now has a global appeal drawing attention to the dangers of dying soil and calling for policy interventions to prevent and reverse soil erosion.
In building up to the events, volunteers lined up with placards to save soil at the Gomti and Marine Drive bridges in Lucknow to inform people about the movement on Saturday.
Isha Foundation volunteers said the interest of the townspeople was evident as many curious people asked the volunteers about the movement and expressed their desire to participate in Sadhguru’s public address.
Sadhguru launched the Save the Soil movement to prevent a phenomenon that UN agencies are referring to as ‘soil extinction’ – the death of fertile soil across the world, a potential threat to humanity Is.
He is currently on a 100-day, 30,000-km solo motorcycle trip across Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East, and India to build a global consensus for urgent policy-driven action to halt soil extinction.
After travelling to 26 countries, Sadhguru reached the western port city of Jamnagar in Gujarat on May 29 and continued his solo bike ride in India. He will travel to 9 Indian states, and since the beginning of this movement, he has travelled to the Indian states of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Haryana.
During his visit to Gujarat and Rajasthan, both the states have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) while officially joining the global movement to save soil.
The movement’s primary objective is to urge governments to ensure that agricultural land has a minimum of 3-6% organic content. Without it, all agricultural soil would rapidly degrade and turn into sand in which no food crops could grow, threatening global food and water security.
More than 65,000 students from over 300 schools in over 25 districts of UP have written to the Prime Minister, and many more schools are expected to join the campaign in the coming days.