From London, his journey will cover 30,000 kms taking him to 27 countries
Venkat Raman
Auckland, March 27, 2022
Sadhguru, known to millions of his followers worldwide as a visionary, Yogi and powerful speaker, is creating history with his global journey on a motorbike to promote the concept of ‘Save Soil.’
His Mission will take him to 27 countries covering more than 30,000 kilometres and as a spiritual leader known to most Heads of State and Prime Ministers, his purpose will be recognised and applauded.
He was flagged off at London’s Trafalgar Square on March 21, 2022, in the presence of hundreds of fans and admirers.
About the Save Soil Movement
According to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), more than 90% of the earth’s soil could become degraded by 2050, leading to catastrophic crises worldwide including food and water shortages, droughts and famines, adverse climate changes, mass migrations and unprecedented rates of species extinction. This ‘soil extinction’ is the gravest threat to humanity right now, as our planet is losing the ability to grow food because of rapid soil degradation.
Established in 1994, UNCCD is the sole, legally binding international agreement linking environment and development to sustainable land management. It is a key partner of the Save Soil Movement, collaborating in multiple aspects, including scientific knowledge, communications, and outreach.
Sadhguru says that 52% of the world’s agricultural soil has already been degraded. The Save Soil Movement seeks to activate and demonstrate citizen-support across nations and empower governments to initiate policy-driven action to revitalise the soil and halt further degradation.
The Movement aims to reach 3.5 billion people, covering about 60% of the world’s population.
In the past few weeks, six Caribbean nations took the historic first step of signing a Memorandum of Understanding with ‘Conscious Planet,’ in an expression of impassioned commitment to the Save Soil Movement.
The Save Soil Movement is also being supported by the World Economic Forum Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab, the Dalai Lama, Entrepreneur Marc Benioff, Primatologist and Anthropologist Dame Jane Goodall, Deepak Chopra, Tony Robbins, Matthey Hayden, Chris Gayle, Juhi Chawla, Sanjay Sanyal and many others.
About Conscious Planet
Conscious Planet is an effort to raise human consciousness and bring a sense of inclusiveness such that multifarious activities of our societies move into a conscious mode.
According to Sadhguru, this is an effort to align human activity to be supportive of nature and all life on our planet.
“Our work is towards creating a planet where a large number of Human Beings act consciously, governments are elected consciously, where ecological issues become election issues in the world. Our work is towards creating a planet where a large number of Human Beings act consciously, governments are elected consciously, where ecological issues become election issues in the world,” he said.
Sadhguru said that in this inclusive undertaking of the Save Soil Movement, governments, UN agencies, global leaders, organisations, eminent members of the environmental and scientific community, corporate and individual citizens are uniting behind a common purpose to address the alarming crisis of Soil Extinction.
“For our children and future generations, it is critical to leave behind a planet capable of producing nutritious food and sustaining all life,” he said.
About the Sadhguru
The 64-year-old Jagadish (Jaggi) Vasudev, is a Yogi, Writer, Teacher and Philosopher. Born in Mysore in Karnataka, he established the Isha Foundation with has a sprawling Ashram in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu where he and his disciples undertake educational activities.
Over the past four decades, Sadhguru has launched several initiatives to foster human wellbeing and global harmony. He has implemented large-scale projects for environmental restoration through mass tree planting and river revitalisation.
He established Isha Foundation, an international, not-for-profit organization.
His transformational Yoga and meditation programs have impacted the lives of millions and his YouTube channel received over 2.5 billion views in 2021.
He is a New York Times bestselling author and a speaker at institutions such as the United Nations, World Economic Forum, Google, London Business School, Harvard and more.
About Isha Foundation
The Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) based Isha Foundation has branches in many parts of the world.
Isha Foundation New Zealand conducts Isha Inner Engineering and Hatha Yoga Programmes. It also offers free Isha Kriya and Isha Upa yoga practices for the General public regularly. For more information, please call 022-4637811 or Visit: www.ishayoga.nz
Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a Yogi, Mystic, Visionary and Bestselling Author. The Indian Government conferred on him, ‘Padma Vibhushan’ the second highest Civilian Award for exceptional and distinguished service.
