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The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

Jesse Williams in Conversation with Sadhguru for #SaveSoil

The Sadhguru Podcast - Of Mystics and Mistakes

Sadhguru Official

Religion, Society & Culture, Science, How To, Life Sciences, Hinduism, Mental Health, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Spirituality, Education

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In a freewheeling conversation with Sadhguru, Tony-nominated actor, director, producer and activist, Jesse Williams, explores the Conscious Planet – Save Soil movement. Save Soil, a global movement envisioned by Sadhguru, seeks to bring about a concerted, conscious response to impending soil extinction. Action now to #SaveSoil Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.org  Sadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app  Official Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.org  Sadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive Conscious Planet is a Global Movement to initiate a conscious approach to soil and planet. The movement seeks to show governments of all nations that their citizens want a policy to revitalize soil and ecology. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

How has it been progressing with it?

0:02.0

Support from all over the world, particularly from the scientific community, which is very important.

0:06.0

You're based in New York or here?

0:07.0

I'm based here, but I'm doing a Broadway play in New York.

0:11.0

Whenever I'm in New York, I wouldn't miss a Broadway play, but in the last three years, I haven't seen one.

0:17.0

So, closing that gap by, you know, showing what's behind the curtain.

0:21.1

Showing, that's part of what this campaign is about. But with this aspect, definitely we

0:25.7

need to open the curtain. Everybody's talking about solar energy. We are harnessing solar

0:30.7

energy better than most people. When you call soil dirt, we all become dirt bags, isn't it?

0:51.5

Well, last time we spoke, we talked about the ecological issues and raising awareness around what's happening with soil degradation.

0:56.7

And we touched on specific to two things that are of interest to both of us,

0:59.8

which is specific to the African continent geographically,

1:06.4

but also African people and folks in America.

1:12.8

So I think maybe that's a good place to start to really make it palatable for people.

1:15.0

How does it practically affect my life?

1:23.9

See, it's good that you mention that because when this food crisis begins to happen,

1:31.3

which is estimated will start somewhere in 2030 and progress towards 2045 in a serious manner. The first place on the planet which will go through enormous suffering is Africa.

1:37.3

Because Africa is in a situation where desertification has reached or soil degradation has seriously affected 45% of African continent.

1:51.3

And it's estimated by 2050, two-thirds of Africa will be in the desertification process.

1:58.8

In the last 50 years, the 30 wars that have been fought in Africa,

2:03.3

which have been criminally cruel kind of wars,

2:08.4

27 of them were fought for control over agricultural lands.

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