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Conscious Planet – Save Soil is a unique global movement, uniting world leaders, visionaries, influencers and 4 billion citizens behind a common purpose – to Save Soil.

Across the globe, soil is dying. The United Nations says the world only has about 60 years of harvests left before cultivable soil becomes desert. 

Save Soil is an effort to address this degeneration of soil, by inspiring at least 60% of the world’s electorate to support long-term government policies to revitalise soil.

It is supported by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the World Food Program (WFP), the World Economic Forum (WEF) and the Commonwealth of Nations. It has also been recognised by the Vatican, the European Parliament and the European Agricultural Commissioner and is supported by global leaders such as renowned conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall, His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, music producer will.i.am and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff.

Ibrahim Thiaw

Executive Secretary UNCCD

“This remarkable and ambitious global movement is instrumental to sensitising the world to the importance of protecting land and soil. I am honoured to support this initiative and UNCCD will happily collaborate.”

Dr Jane Goodall

Messenger of Peace, UN

“I request all of you to come together and join the Conscious Planet Movement to Save Soil.”

Save Soil was initiated by Sadhguru in March 2022 with a 100 day motorcycle journey from the UK to India, spanning 27 countries and 30,000 km, to activate the support of people and governments for policies to save soil.

Sadhguru has launched several initiatives over the years, which are powerful examples of bringing together all segments of society to create lasting, sustainable solutions for ecological and social issues. These initiatives have garnered the support of millions of people, as well as governments, global bodies, grassroots organisations and eminent public figures.

In 2017, Sadhguru launched Rally for Rivers to raise awareness about India’s dying rivers. Supported by 162 million people, it is the largest ecological movement of its kind. It was also included as part of the UN Climate Action Compendium of Nature-based Solutions. Subsequently, he initiated Cauvery Calling as an action-oriented, on-ground movement to support farmers to plant 242 crore trees to revitalise river Cauvery. The project has helped 125,000 farmers transition to tree-based agriculture and facilitated the planting of 62 million saplings.

“No matter how much wealth, education, and money we have, our children cannot live well unless we restore the soil and water. Conscious Planet, the only way forward.” – Sadhguru.

Anapaula Rocha

When I joined the Save Soil movement I saw the possibility to reconnect with my first memory about soil. I was about 7 years old and my teacher asked us to monitor the growth of a bean and look after that tiny piece of life. This first experience never lost its sense of magic and mystery for me. How was it possible for a seed to transform itself into a plant on a piece of cotton wool and then grow enough to continue living in soil? I recalled transplanting it into the soil and still now remember the smell of that soil too.

As a parent I had revived the experiment, watching my children growing their own beans at school. 

As a child photographer, there were many times when I had witnessed children connect deeply with the wonder of forests. We sat on the ground to deepen their experience.

My involvement with Save Soil has brought the opportunity to engage once again with the bean project. I had the pleasure of repeating the experiment and photographing it in detail as well as contacting two families and engaging with their children about soil.

The children were of different ages and showed a good range of familiarity with the soil; some were more involved than others. After listening to their own experiences I shared the idea of recreating the bean project. They will monitor the experiment using their creative skills and we will reconnect in the middle of the project.

I believe that connection with soil is an essential component in raising awareness about the soil itself and its depletion. By conducting the same experiment, and inviting the children to engage with their creativity, it will certainly create an opportunity for conversation with their own families and friends about soil - sharing how the soil needs our attention and care just now.

Roxana Păun

My first presentation was about ”What is the soil?” The children in my class have already studied about the layers of the earth: Barysphere, Hydrosphere and Lithosphere. Soil is part of the Lithosphere, the outermost part of it. Then we start talking about the composition of the soil: what it contains as non-living matter and the life inside the soil: microbes, fungi, bacteria, worms, insects, and other animals. We also discussed what is the role of the soil, how it contributes to the other living beings on Earth, and the importance it has for the survival of life on our planet.

The children were so excited about all the information, and they contributed with their own knowledge and ideas. They connected so many areas of the economical system to farming, and discovered that actually everything comes from soil. We have performed experiments, and the children wrote various projects on soil. We are planning to continue with the study of soil in the next two months.

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As a parent I had revived the experiment, watching my children growing their own beans at school. 

As a child photographer, there were many times when I had witnessed children connect deeply with the wonder of forests. We sat on the ground to deepen their experience.

My involvement with Save Soil has brought the opportunity to engage once again with the bean project. I had the pleasure of repeating the experiment and photographing it in detail as well as contacting two families and engaging with their children about soil.

The children were of different ages and showed a good range of familiarity with the soil; some were more involved than others. After listening to their own experiences I shared the idea of recreating the bean project. They will monitor the experiment using their creative skills and we will reconnect in the middle of the project.

I believe that connection with soil is an essential component in raising awareness about the soil itself and its depletion. By conducting the same experiment, and inviting the children to engage with their creativity, it will certainly create an opportunity for conversation with their own families and friends about soil - sharing how the soil needs our attention and care just now.