Burn Fuel to Save Soil: Are you a critic?

One of the simplest things to do is to become a critic; the most difficult is to look at something from every angle and construct your own unique perspective. Take Sadhguru's 30K bike journey from the United Kingdom to India for the #SaveSoil campaign, for example. "A better method to save soil could be to get in the soil and encourage others than riding a 30 lakh (3 million) bike that delivers a mileage of 13KM/L on a tarmac and guzzling thousands of litres of fuel," I could have easily written this, as could many others. A moment of reflection!

First and foremost, we must recognise that doing is more important than outcome. It's the same as taking action. The larger "What Needs To Be Done," the more hands we'll need to complete it. For example, one person can easily push a bike but is quite difficult to do so with a bus. Then there's the motivational aspect. We need to motivate someone before we can persuade them to act, just as we need to persuade enough people to push the bus. It's simple to persuade folks on board the bus to give it a shove because their travel depends on it. It's not easy to persuade a stranger to do the same.

There is, however, one catch. It's difficult to motivate someone who isn't in your environment. It is difficult for the simple reason that they are not as conscious of that something as you are. That is to say, even before embarking on a motivational trip, you must raise awareness about the problem. Consciousness fuels motivation, which fuels action, which produces an outcome, and the outcome gives rise to a new source of awareness. Sadhguru is attempting to finish this circular circuit during the ride. 

If you're wondering why the #SaveSoil movement is so important, it's because soil is the ultimate source of life. The same soil that has provided us with food for billions of years is disappearing, and with it, our future. Around 52% of agricultural land has already been deteriorated, and continued degradation is the quickest way to famine and civil rights. Our soil's organic content is depleting at a faster rate than we can conceive. After scarcity, loss of bio variety, climate change, loss of livelihood, conflicts, and migration, it implies moving into a future full of food crises.

Save Soil is a campaign to restore at least 3-6 percent organic content in soil and spread the word to 3.5 billion people, or 60% of the world's electorate. More hands are required because the task at hand is enormous. It all starts with raising awareness, which is why the 30k bike ride was organised.

"An average of thirty-nine inches of topsoil sustains 87 percent of life forms on this world — microorganisms, worms, insects, birds, animals, humans, plants, trees, and every other vegetation on the globe," Sadhguru says. And that is currently in significant jeopardy. In the previous four decades, 40% of the world's topsoil has vanished. According to the United Nations, we only have enough soil for 80 to 100 harvests, which translates to another 45 to 60 years of agriculture. After then, we will be unable to grow food due to a lack of soil. You can image the agony that will erupt in the globe as a result of our actions. Thirty percent of India's land has already been damaged, and soil is turning to desert in 90 percent of the country's states. That indicates there isn't anything that can be grown there. As a result, the most important thing is to conserve the soil for future generations of this region."

So, instead of criticising the bike ride, let us embrace the fact that someone has taken up the mantle of spreading awareness. We can only help him by amplifying his efforts.

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