The 'Save Soil' campaign has gained international attention along with its self proclaimed "godman", Jaggi Vasudev - also known as
'Sadhguru'.
Rohan John Antony and Manpreet Kalra wrote an article about the campaign together that goes into detail about why
" 'Save Soil' won´t save us", you can read the full article here.
I myself had seen the 'Save Soil' campaign on social media and thought that it´s quest to save soil around the world looked honorable.
I was a bit taken aback when I read the article by Rohan and Manpreet but at the same time it was like a veil had been lifted - suddenly I saw everything that was wrong with 'Save Soil' and was quite embarassed that I had not done more research and not looked at the campaign more closely, because as soon as I did take it under the lens all it's faults quite literally jumped up at me.
In this episode Rohan is helping us shed a light on the campaign, its stakeholders, background, purpose and Sadghuru himself (like what actually qualifies this man to educate the rest of the world about soil health).
He very clearly explains the faults of this campaign based on evidence and research into the campaign, as well as some tips on how we can try to avoid falling into the trap of putting our time, trust and support into campaigns that use the emerging environmental consciousness to pursue their own agendas.
Rohan and Manpreet have reminded me of the importance to not neglect thoroughly researching in this time of quick swipes and first glances.
This was an important lesson for me and I am definitely changing my approach when taking in information, reposting or forming an opinion about something.
I can highly recommend the library of articles that is present on the 'agrowingculture' website!
🦋Rohan has accumulated some questions we can ask ourselves when assessing the true intention of a movement/organization - this will be available as a post on my Instagram account @thrive_bynature
Thank you for listening to this Talk🌍🌊☀
which came alive through the voices of
Rohan John Anthony
and your host Stella Sage🌿
