World Soil Day 2024: Sidhguru’s Global Soil Conservation Movement aims to address the soil crisis by supporting country leaders around the world in implementing policies to increase organic matter in agricultural soils.
To raise global awareness, Sidhguru embarked on a motorbike journey in 2022 covering a total of 27 countries and 30,000 km. (Photo: Shutterstock)
World Soil Day, Celebrated on 5th December.provides a platform to focus on the importance of healthy soils and advocate for sustainable management of soil resources. Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, who has been rallying for the cause of soil conservation for the past few decades, has launched the Save Soil Movement which aims to bring together people around the world to stand up for soil health. is
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This global movement of Sidhguru aims to solve the soil crisis by supporting the leaders of all countries around the world in practical policies to increase organic matter in agricultural soils.
To raise global awareness, Sidhguru embarked on a motorbike journey in 2022 covering a total of 27 countries and 30,000 km. It started its journey from London and ended in Coimbatore in June.
As part of the journey, individuals were asked to sign up to become an “Earth Buddy,” encouraging them to spend 10 minutes each day in the soil.
In addition to creating public awareness, the movement looks forward to motivating nearly four billion people to support policy reorientations to protect and nurture soil.
The idea behind the campaign is that when people participate in large numbers, the environmental issue will turn into an electoral issue, spurring political action.
The Save Soil movement is looking forward to policy direction to increase and maintain soil organic content at a minimum of 3% to 6%.
Recently, on Sadguru’s birthday, farmers from Banaskantha district of Gujarat came together to form Banas Save Soil Farmer Producer Company (BSSFPC), said to be the country’s first soil-focused Farmer Producer Companies (FPC).
World Soil Day 2024: 10 Famous Quotes of Sadhguru
1. The soil conservation movement is a ‘love affair’ with the earth and life around us. This is not a fight with anyone.
2. You can’t address climate change and sustainability without addressing soil, which is obvious.
3. To end the threat of soil erosion, we must come together as one force. In the abundance of soil is the soul of our life.
4. Earth and soil are living entities. I wish that we as a humanity work to bring the situation out of the brink of disaster. Save the soil, let’s build it.
5. Agriculture can flourish only on rich soil, there is no other way. Soil regeneration is the ‘stimulation of life’.
6. We are behaving like we are the last generation on this planet. If we value life and the lives of future generations, we must take care of soil and water.
7. Saving the soil is no different than loving the life around you.
8. Soil is the mother of all mothers, keeping it alive and passing it on to future generations is the way to know the power of mother.
9. Rivers and soil are being depleted at a dramatic rate… The simplest and most effective solution is to increase tree cover, and in turn, enrich the soil and replenish aquifers.
10. We must tell every human being that soil, water and air are not resources to be used and thrown away because they are the ingredients of life.