Save Soil - Conscious Planet is a global movement launched by Sadhguru to save soil from extinction, and bring the necessary policies to address the catastrophic issue facing humanity. Save Soil is a global movement launched by Indian spiritual leader Sadhguru to address land degradation and advocate for healthy soil. The initiative was presented on 5 April at the United Nations in Geneva by the Isha Foundation and supported by the WHO, UN SDG lab, and IUCN.

The Isha Foundation, an IUCN Member, launched the 'Journey to Save Soil' in London on 21 March, setting its founder Sadhguru off on a 100-day motorcycle journey through 26 countries to raise awareness about soil degradation and advocate for bringing organic matter back to agricultural processes.

Soil degradation is the physical, chemical and biological decline of soil quality. Caused by unabated deforestation and urbanisation, industrial pollution, overgrazing, and unsustainable agricultural practices, half of the world’s soil is already degraded. This loss threatens food quality and supply, water security and biodiversity, increases carbon emissions and climate related risks, and can lead to loss of livelihoods, conflict and migration. A change in farming practices has never been more urgent.

Save Soil Movement aims to :

Increase organic matter in soil to a minimum of 3%

To demonstrate the support of over 3.5 billion people, Sadhguru will be journeying over 30,000 km across 24 nations on a lone motorcycle.The journey will begin in London and end in the Cauvery basin in southern India where the Cauvery Calling project, initiated by Sadhguru, has so far enabled 125,000 farmers to plant 62 million trees to revive soil and help replenish the depleting waters of river Cauvery.

To effect this change

• Advocate for policies across all nations towards soil restoration
• Raise awareness of this imminent crisis among 3.5 billion people to garner their support for these policies

Claire Warmenbol, IUCN Communications and Partnership Manager said "We have never seen such uptake of our social media and Twitter posts, it is clear Sadhguru is hugely influential and it is wonderful to see this being used to benefit such an important environmental cause, protecting the earth' soils. The coming together of spiritualism and environmentalism is a powerful combination in terms of influencing and mobilising change, one I hope to see more of in the coming decade".

Resources :

https://www.innerengineering.com/save-soil

https://www.iucn.org/news/water/202204/movement-gaining-momentum-save-soil

https://www.ishaoutreach.org/en/save-soil