Sadhguru warns soil is dying: scientists say 80 to 100 harvests remain before food production collapses. More than half of topsoil is gone, and micronutrient levels in food have dropped 90% since the 1920s. He's launching Save Soil, a movement pushing policy change, and riding a motorcycle 30,000 km across 24 countries to mobilize support.
Questions this video answers
"80 to 100 harvests"
Approximately 45 to 50 years of agricultural soil left
By 2045
9.3 billion people
3 to 6% (minimum 3%)
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We are talking about climate change, carbon emissions and global warming and various other aspects, but we are not addressing soil. Soil is the habitat upon which zillions of lives thrive. Once there is no richness in soil, then you have forsaken the planet in many ways. Every responsible scientist in the world and the UN agencies are clearly saying we have only 80 to hundred harvests left. That means approximately 45 to 50 years of agricultural soil left on the planet. By 2045, we will be producing 40% less food than what we are producing right now. And our populations will be 9.3 billion people. The food shortages that could manifest in the next 25 years, the consequences of that is unimaginable. Civil wars will unfold across the world once there is food shortage. What we are facing now is soil extinction. Why is soil becoming extinct? Where is it going away? What is happening to our soil? We must understand. If you add organic content to sand, sand will turn into soil. If you remove all organic content from the soil, soil will become sand. In normal agricultural soil, the minimum organic content should be between 3 to 6%. The most minimum is 3%. At least this minimum to keep the soil alive, to keep the soil as living soil is a must. Agricultural soils across the world, the depletion is so heavy in most countries, more than 50% of the topsoil is already gone. In the last hundred years, the nutrient levels have dropped significantly. The level of micronutrients you would get from your food in early 20th century to what you are getting from the same food now has dropped 90%. If you ate one orange in 1920s, what you got from it now in 2020, if you have to get the same, you will have to eat eight oranges. This is what we have done to our food. Soil is the biggest ecosystem on the planet and so few people know anything about it. One teaspoon of healthy soil probably contains more microbes than there are people on Earth. The microbial life in the first 12 to 15 inches of topsoil is the bas of our existence. It is this magic beneath our feet which has produced the life that we are. These first 12 to 15 inches of soil is the basis of life for 87% of life on this planet, including you and me. We have to begin to recognize that what we call our soil, Mother Earth, is a living organism. Open soils ripped open by plowing, open to sunlight is the basis of destruction, destruction of microbial life. So the focus should be on agriculture. The focus should be on seeing that land is under shade as much as possible. Some kind of shade, grasses, herbs, bushes, trees. Conscious Planet is launching Save Soil movement to bring about a policy change to regenerate soil. As a part of this, I am 65 and I am riding 30,000km alone motorcycle journey 30,000km across 24 nations to activate support from the citizenry to assure the governments long term investments will be appreciated. So it's extremely important that soil regeneration is enshrined in the policy of every government on the planet. We must change the narrative on the planet that soil is a wealth, a legacy we have received from previous generations and we have to pass it on as living soil for future generations. We are in a cusp of time. If you do the right things now, in the next 15 to 25 years, we can significantly turn this situation around and regenerate the soil. But if we allow this to progress like this for another 30 to 40 years. After 40 years if we attempt this, then it could take hundred and fifty to two hundred years. Because that much loss of biodiversity would have happened from 21st of March for 100 days. The whole world, every human being on the planet should talk soil. We must hear the word soil. Save soil everywhere to see that the narrative on the planet changes towards the most vital aspect of our life. The soil. Each one of you should reach as many people as you can to make this happen. Many global leaders and influencers are already participating in the movement. Be a part of this and let us make it happen. From my part, as much as I can contribute and the movement that you are taken up, I could not expect any more God's blessing than that. Sadhguru and this campaign is so important. We're going to save the soil. Do your part and saving the soils in our planet's future depend on it. Sadhguru. Save soil my friend. Save soil. Let's make it happen. Antigua and Barbuda is part of the Save Soil mission. We commend you for what you're doing. That is why we are happy to sign the mou. The science and philosophy that backs the thought behind movement is tremendous. Save soil. Let's make it happen. Save the soil. We know what we must do so let's make it happen. Let's make it happen. Let's make it happen. Let's make it happen. Let's make this happen. Let us make it happen. Let's make it happen. Let's make it happen. Let's make it happen. Let's make it happen. Sam.
