Sadhguru's Plan to plant 2.42 BILLION trees

Permaculture Instructor Andrew Millison visits the largest reforestation project in the world in the Southern Indian States of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka with the Isha Foundation, founded by Sadhguru. Andrew spent 5 days traveling around the Cauvery River watershed looking at the work of the Isha Foundations' Cauvery Calling project, touring farms, nurseries, temples, and talking with Isha's field agents. Andrew then went to Isha's ashram in Tennessee and was able to directly question Sadhguru about the project.
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[@KingKalas]

Watching India, with its rich and ancient culture, slowly reclaim its vibrancy and strength brings such joy to my heart. The resilience and beauty of this country, which never deserved the weight of colonization, inspire hope and admiration. India's journey of recovery is a testament to the enduring spirit of its people and the magnificence of its heritage. Here's to a future where India continues to shine brightly, reclaiming its rightful place among the world's most cherished cultures.

[@rajib8231]

​@@Yesindeed126still crying bec it's invaders who have disturbed the psychological aspects of diverse people and its culture and basic faith. We as the fourth generation still harvesting the effect.. so stop your mockery

[@cinnamonsunshine9653]

Nonsensical. Anyways I love seeing decolonization! Imperialists really don't understand how the ecology works@@Yesindeed126

[@abhishekpujari8298]

Never forgetting that. The past is a glorious account of my ancestors & horrendous acts done to them & how still they persisted. They suffered & gave us what we are enjoying today. 🙏🇮🇳🚩

[@vjollcaidrizi4838]

Now please be fr what are you yapping here!!!!@@Yesindeed126

[@abhishekpujari8298]

@@Yesindeed126 No doubt your force worked & I am actually interacting in the language promoted by your ancestors not mine. But if you expect a thanks for that forced colonization around the world you are basically being insensitive to the people of the land & their destroyed cultures. If you want to take a step in the right direction, acknowledge that despite our ruthless rule these nations are standing well on their feets & show some appreciation of the fact that we have recovered well.

[@smueller12244]

I would like to see this in the US. We need real leadership. I have begun planting on my small plot of land, more than 500 plantings so far, still going, not fast enough

[@altmosetz_01]

Many Corporates in India have tie- ups with NGOs & grassroot organizations which plant a tree on employee's birthday. On their birthday Employee gets an email with the place's name where the tree is & the geographic coordinates of the tree along with the pic of it.

[@vasudhasp]

Please involve people nearby, u need to create a community and motivate their hearts to plant trees

[@subhadramahanta452]

There's a concept of creating natural forest like ecosystem using the flora and fauna of the given geography. I would suggest using that method, you basically create a mini forest system that sustains each other and expands on its own.

[@dorothygrube5314]

Areas of U.S. need this

[@georgehill3087]

Way too expensive, unfortunately. This makes heavy machinery usage next to impossible. Which means more human involvement. Indian famers on average make less than $1,000 a year. You aren't going to be able to get anyone in the US with that money to harvest and plant for you. We'd need to upgrade our heavy machineries to automate with AI to achieve this.

[@pisscow6395]

India has been improving so much where other countries flatline. I have great hopes that India's progress could inspire (or humiliate) other nations into doing better

[@saidboujeeane]

I agree with pisscow 😌

[@alexanderbouwens2772]

They also opened the most new coal powerplants. Dozens.

[@FreeYourImagination]

​ @alexanderbouwens2772 of course they did. The needs are so high that coal plants are required. Till the time, there's renewable energy alternative for that large scale. One would be stupid to wait for that long and keep the people impoverished and underdeveloped. That's why there is a mix of different types of energy in the basket. The point to be noted is that there's a reduction in coal as compared to what it would actually require for growth.

[@inspirednamehere6166]

it is likely that developing countries will surpass "first world" countries in regards to climate change. They still understand the seriousness of disease, hunger, and heat. They know the value of education, and respect intelligence. They are the most at risk, but have the best social attitudes to be able to bring change. First world countries do not have the living memory of our natural ecosystems. We do not respect intelligence any more, and our education systems are failed. We do not understand the meaning of hunger, and our compartmentalised societies are full of entrenched experts and professionals who will resist change. This is a very simplistic explanation, and a gross generalisation, but as a whole it is a fair assessment. We see still in the western world that climate change is still a "debate", and a lot of our "efforts" for environmental action are green washing attempts to divert blame away from real change. We are too arrogant to be able to survive without radical change.

[@youtubeistrash1o4o8o8]

@@saidboujeeane cope harder

[@jalbu8330]

I love the water projects happening all across India, keep going, great work by the people, a shining example for other nations to follow. Watching from Australia 🦘😊

[@BalboaBaggins]

When it comes to waste management it's the exact opposite: India can learn a lot from Western countries.

[@valiaudet3415]

Wouldn't it be good if Australia planted trees,

[@Lionoftruth7]

@@BalboaBagginsmore then half of india is forest like and rural so ppl are slowly learning and changing their environment . India was also looted of every penny they had so the country is slowly becoming richer and getting back on its feet .

[@adolft_official]

India must learn from west how to export all her plastic waste to developing countries@@BalboaBaggins

[@ST-jl2tb]

​​@@BalboaBaggins I don't agree honestly. Most of non biodegradable waste such as plastic and it's products, e-waste, fabrics are all exported out and mostly find there way to developing nations as a dumping site. Sorry but that's what India or any wise country shouldn't learn. Although I do agree that as far as waste picking and handling is concerned, western world is doing better which India too can do, all we need is a bit of political will and efforts from our civil society. Japan or Singapore, I think, should be a specimen for us all to look upto on to how to do better with our waste handling and it's management.

[@shovelspade480]

Andrew, the way you document, expose and share ecological work done around the world is amazing. A true credit to you. Also providing free permaculture education via your KZbin channel is a true reflection of the quality of human being you are. Conscientious, Generous, you show a complete lack of lust for profit which is admirable. much respect to you brother.

[@amillison]

Thanks so much for the kind words 🙏

[@jkboy789]

The point about emotional involvement and spiritual attachment was excellent. It is hard to motivate people to take care of and maintain things, especially with how busy and individualistic the world is today.

[@BalboaBaggins]

People need to figure out what's important first, a livable planet or money.

[@pravachan4355]

@@BalboaBaggins Where America is concerned it's always money! Unfortunately.

[@Debbie-henri]

I love the idea of 'wedding trees.' The perfect reminder of a happy event. If everyone, no matter the country, had been doing this from 50 years ago, when woodlands and forests were already in a stricken state, we wouldn't be in the mess we're in now.

[@altmosetz_01]

Many Corporates in India have tie- ups with NGOs & grassroot organizations who plant a tree on each employee's birthday. On their birthday the Employee gets an email with the places name & geographic coordinates of the tree along with a pic of it.

[@karthikreddy8567]

Of My cousin in Andhra Pradesh did that in her brothers marriage.

[@chrislive1586]

Cute concept. But weddings were created by Hallmark in 3000BCE

[@Siegfried5846]

If we stop eating meat, milk, and eggs, we will be able to plant three trillion trees and fully stop global warming.

[@pravachan4355]

It's never too late to start is it?

[@yoganesha]

Same is happening in Spain, rivers are getting totally dry. Bottle water companies and extensive farming are just drying out everything and no actions are been taken…we are also trying to push a project of permaculture, just to put our grain of sand…Initiatives like this brings me hopes ❤ Nice video ❤

[@shapiemau2244]

It is what happens when one depends on a "government". People need to rise and do this themselves.

[@jpraise6771]

​@@shapiemau2244what is their incentive in a capitalist economy🤦‍♀️ just saying the modern man has way too many things to worry about, the environment is an afterthought

[@shapiemau2244]

@@jpraise6771 if 'government' are driving this then it can only be for profit. The thing is, what does the corporation consider profit?

[@sumanrao1739]

Isha Foundation's Cauvery Calling is most inspiring. We are fortunate to have Sadhguru amongst us in India. The plan for 13 rivers in different states will be successful too.

[@KarthiknSubramanian]

Andrew Anna, Happy to have worked with you while you were in Tamil Nadu. I love your approach to creating content on water management. Thank you so much for all your wonderful videos....🙏🥰🙏

[@amillison]

Great to work with you as well, Karthik ❤️ Hope to see you again in South India 🙏✨

[@nsn5564]

This is simply the best good-news story around, and I don't say that just as someone who is benefiting directly in Pune. What an amazing series this is, Andrew!

[@donHooligan]

Absolutely! Made me smile from ear to ear, when i saw the title....and kept on grinning for 20 minutes.

[@elbruces]

I'm liking this Sadhguru guy. He presents himself like a religious leader, but everything he says makes perfect sense even if you're nonreligious. And perfect sense in general.

[@kirannnnnn]

He is not religious leader because there is no religion called Hindus or Hinduism

[@katiel8725]

I love that there is such a communal effort happening in India. I wish that in the U.S. there were movements like this. It takes everyone working together to have real change. Even on suburban plots it doesn't have to be pristine grass only. We could all be planting native trees and shrubs to benefit wildlife and everyone. We need a big movement to reduce lawn and plant more trees. It is happening but not on the scale it needs to be.

[@brandonvelde5774]

Indeed, while there are technically more trees now in North America than there were when Columbus arrived, most of these trees are part of monoculture plantations. We urgently need more biodiversity.

[@_de_reve]

As someone who dreams of buying a little house with a garden i can turn into a little permaforest for myself and future family AND who also listens to Sadhguru on the regular since years ago: This was a beautiful and enlightening introduction and explanation of this project!!! Thank you Andrew!! Loved learning and listening about it from multiple perspectives and the people involved. Wonderful! This inspires and gives hope. I hope you can reach more people and specially younger ones that are getting more involved to heal and go forward on this planet.

[@paulking54]

Nothing brings tears of joy like watching these landscape regeneration projects. Bless Sadhguru and all those involved, in my heart I know there is hope for humanities future. Ohm shanti.

[@altmosetz_01]

... while people continue to randomly & extensively cut mature trees that may have taken anywhere between 10 - 20 years to become big. Even trimming tree branches randomly messes their centre of gravity & trees start leaning awkwardly & often uproot

[@LindaBarron29]

I have to appreciate the mindset of this man, he is doing something that probably he is not going to see... planting trees in the next 6 to 8 years to see the results in 15 to 20 years... when you plant a tree, you're planning for the future 💚

[@pravachan4355]

Selflessness is the Hindu way.

[@willm5814]

Great things happening in India! 🇨🇦

[@facthub9964]

But local government is targeting sadguru if you don't mind I can tell you the reason Reason: again it can seems to be communal but it is truth local state government is backed by Christian missionaries and sadguru is the only obstacle for them because of him they are facing problems in religious conversion in last few months they have put random allegations on him like human trafficking,land encroachment etc. without any proof

[@tamaralow446]

Every second of this incredible video FILLED me with joy, excitement and wonder! I am so grateful to all that love, support and care for this incredible Earth!!!

[@donHooligan]

Isn't this amazing? i share your joy....something to smile about is so refreshing!

[@tamaralow446]

@@donHooligan It certainly is- amazing and refreshing! Joy is infectious.....YAY!

[@jimbob-jn6jz]

You dont seem to be very informed!

[@513regichan]

You are one of the most inspirational people I've ever seen. The work you've done, and what everyone else you've shown, has made possible gives me great hopes for the future! Truly has given me a life long mission of restoring nature, in even bigger (and dare I say bolder) ways imaginable.

[@dorokaiyinvil5705]

Sadhguru is amazing individual Thankfully due to technology I was able to discover him All the way here in Texas Its because of people like Sadhguru and Andrew Ive been able to learn so much in such a short time

[@thomasboucher4633]

Inthe way information is presented to us in this age, it is very easy to fall into the doom mentality when we see climate catastrophes almost daily in the news, and fatalistic reports year after year. Your channel is a beacon of light in all the doom and gloom. It actually makes me hopeful about the future of our planet, seeing all the wonderful people and incredible project you put into the light. THANK YOU!!!!

[@OldManDave1960]

"Climate catastrophies". 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@thomasboucher4633]

@@OldManDave1960 I would say that a river that provided water to millions vanishing from the earth is in fact pretty catastrophic. Get off the internet grandpa, you cant process basic infromation anymore

[@lynxthewise7233]

Ah, yes. Part of the reason we're still struggling to make positive changes. Keep laughing, maybe one day you'll get it. @@OldManDave1960

[@kathri1006]

It is important to plant native , useful trees, which can be slow yo grow, but allow undergrowth naturally. Well done.

[@pinkelephants1421]

The tree nurseries that support these projects are both an amazing and crucial component of reforestation and watershed restoration projects. Unfortunately, the vast majority use single use (plastic) pockets to grow seedlings in which will inevitably find their way into the environment, perhaps even some of those restored watersheds, eventually ending up in the ocean. If it were only a few thousand examples, while not exactly great, it wouldn't amount to a major contribution to the environmental catastrophe single use plastics represents. But as with many reforestation/watershed restoration projects, these tend to be large-scale in nature, using hundreds of millions of single use plastic pockets for propagation overall. India produces plenty of jute, all of which is a natural, biodegradable material for the production of hessian; I've even seen an example of massive hessian bags being used in some rural road construction for minor roadways. Surely, jute cultivation could be massively increased to displace tree propagation single use plastics, increase farmer's incomes & provide extra rural employment opportunities from the processing, manufacturing, & transportation of the jute into hessian propagation bags, as well as increasing soil biomass as the bags rot down in the soil and storing carbon in the process. There are other reforestation/watershed projects around the world who've come to recognise that their use of single use plastic propagation bags is a negative, especially as they often operate in remote rural areas where recycling is a remote to none feature of community life. As such, they either have, or are actively, seeking to use local biodegradable options to completely eradicate their single use plastics. It simply doesn't make sense to inadvertently continue to create one environmental disaster, fossil fuels usage, as we seek to solve another. This is a brilliant video, Andrew, as always. The aforementioned topic is simply an observation of mine. All the best. 😊 P.S. I can't remember if I've mentioned it before, but there's also an Armenian reforestation charity with its own KZbin channel who (also) utilise weddings to facilitate donations. Instead of people buying couples wedding gifts, they can buy trees and are offered the opportunity to come and plant them. The couples themselves are offered the opportunity to celebrate their nuptials by buying trees in combination with invitations to also plant them, giving them an opportunity to return in future years to see how the trees are doing. I think that many more tree planting charities should not only offer this, but expand the concept to include all sorts of the marking of special events in people's lives. Not everyone is in a position to regularly donate, but gift giving is much more likely to be within the realms of affordability/acceptability and should it become as widespread as it is with this charity, it could eventually lead to a massive drop in unnecessary consumer spending, waste packaging & its management, as well as the associated emissions. Probably a naive wish on my part but dreamers can dream. A friend of mine has been trying to convince his family, with great difficulty I might add, for the last 3yrs to donate on his behalf instead of 'stuff' giving that he neither wants or has room for at his age. They find this this a difficult concept to grasp.

[@user-sc7fk5ys6x]

Important points, yes! Monocultures and plastic trash need to be avoided; there’s a lot of good work happening outside India too; concentration of wealth in the hands of the land owning minority is feudalism and not a solution for anything.

[@BetterWorldEcosystems]

Planting trees are without a doubt the way to save the world.

[@JasperKlijndijk]

thats to simple, it depends on what was covering the soil before. if it was a swamp, no trees please. if it was desert+ what you do to keep the trees alive?

[@ushaswarnasunkari9270]

Please learn permaculture 🙏

[@yolo_burrito]

No reducing the human population is. Leaving Wild lands and rewinding is a second best option.

[@jonkiyosaki6600]

Not according to Greta , we need to pay more taxes and give up our freedoms

[@dv9239]

​@@JasperKlijndijkabsolutely People have ruined so many grasslands with tree plantation

[@brandonstiltner2397]

This is excellent! What is equally important ensuring that these trees survive, countless trees that are planted in reforestation projects end up neglected and die.

[@surendranathpr5504]

If tree gives some value to farmer then farmer will save it. Its a human mentality. We see money in everything. Its a commerial world. So sadguru thought about and came up with fruit trees and timber trees. It will be looked after well by farmer At these places shown we have rainfall for 4 to 6 month followed by winter and you have to look after from march to may. April shower happens for sometime. Even though looked after well it grows well but Need not require maintainence more often. Even if we acheive 80% success it is a great acheivment. Its only matter of 3 years to look after. Tgen it will take over.

[@brunetyannick1174]

Trees need not be saved. If you must care for a tree after plantation, then your system's design is flawed, and this tree is not adapted to the current conditions. It is sadly the case in many if not most afforestation design ='/.

[@milanthapa001]

"Wedding tree" is an excellent idea, 🌲🌳Kudos to Andrew 🌴🎄... your new subscriber here. Keep up the good work.

[@shivamchandrol8641]

After hearing save the soil for last 3 years only now im getting the clarity of what he is saying, Like i do some plantations during covid and it all basically depends on soil primarily then seed and climate. The soil is the most important factor like of air water and food , only after air there is some chance to go to next stage of water than food . Without air the second stage is not possible so first save soil from desertification then only it could gave birth to sustainable ecosystem.❤ wow i just had a realisation.

[@SorimLuca]

Man, just found this channel today and I'm already watching it for hours, and I don't have any real relation with agricultural or nature ocupations. Thank you for sharing with the world that there are people all around that still cares for things bigger than them and that give up of everything to make these things real.

[@sayyanlt78]

Awesome video! Thank you for going out in person to film this! Without these videos, tons of people including myself, would have no idea the amount of work and effort going into these new projects around the world.

[@isaacchristensen659]

The tip about humans protecting what they have an emotional attachment to was very intriguing.

[@MizZzChAvVvOzZz]

Your response is interesting.

[@nhungphan3984]

ngưỡng mộ đất nước và con người ấn độ

[@jealouseggs5619]

Andrew will you be doing a video in the Ganges river cleaning project? I saw a video on it on the UN KZbin channel but interested to see the projects effects from your point of view. Loved the video as always!

[@amillison]

I would love to

[@ReviewBoard-uy5nv]

I love this, BUT they have to avoid having tree monoculture areas. You need diverse forests, otherwise if a parasite comes that likes one particular tree, everything is gone. This happened in Europe & North America with their re-greening projects

[@robot9071]

The game is to move away from monoculture. Have some big trees, some nitrogen fixing plants(legume) and moisture holders along with general agriculture.

[@noguruespanol]

Agree with both. Japan very Successfully created, maintained forrests with six varieties/types and found out after 60 years they were wrong The choice to select & plant is wrong, better to leave it to nature with all the octoctono seeds lying imbeded in the soil will grow and balance the real natural forrest

[@donHooligan]

I love you fellas so much! (and all the ladies involved, too) Thank you All!

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

Thank you for showing this project Andrew. This project is just SO inspiring……on every single level…I cannot list them all but such a positive cultural thing….giving trees to wedding guests to plant❤ subsidised saplings ❤all the layers of plants ❤planted together and protecting the soils’s moisture content…..❤ “first comes the forest then comes the river” ❤mulch from their trees and biomass as fertility rather than fertilisers ……❤soil protection from the filtered light through the shaded canopy ❤ multiple harvests and uses and the farmers and families are happy and the environment is restored..win…win…. Is there a habitat component for wildlife restoration around reserves and national parks too?

[@timeparticles]

Eden Reforestation has planted 1/2 billion trees, Ecosia has planted over 175 million trees. Many have contributed to reforesting Earth. It as altered our planet's climate, already. Give acknowledgment to everyone involved. Thanks, and keep up the good work.

[@mananshah9015]

Excellent video. i know im repeating myself but you have to visit gujarat. it used to be an arid state- considered a basket case for agriculture. But now is an agriculture superpower and has a transformed landscape!

[@TheIndraprastha8]

Bro i amaze with your commitment I'm going to leave my city work and wanna do my ancestors land turning in to the green cover many people like me run from village for the same drought reason but now i understand running from problem is not the solution i saw my village river flooding when it was 2009/10 after that i never saw that phenomena again. I am done with city life. And thank you for your constant work towards mother nature. 🤝👍🙏

[@DeviSapkota-yy5wj]

Sadhguru is the visionary we need everywhere ❤

[@Heste04kraft93]

It might sound like a big number but in the relatively small country of Norway we have over the last 100 years roughly tripled our tree population naturally. We have roughly 5.3 billion more trees now than 100 years ago.

[@artisonawane3624]

Thank you so much Andrew for creating this video of the largest reforestation project in the world! Cauvery Calling succes shows that if there is ample food and water where people live there is no need to migrate. Gratitude to Sadhguru and to all those involved in making Cauvery Calling a success♥🙏! This amazing success story has paved the way for other nations to emulate from. Rivers, Soil, Environment are our true lifelines. They are the source of our nourishment our survival. It is our generational responsibility to hand over a flourishing flora and fauna to our children for their survival! Let us continue to support Cauvery Calling and Save Soil movement in our own way to avert food and water shortage, climate and migration crisis🙏!

[@lesliemctavish4300]

This is a very important project. From a humanitarian, environmental, and historical perspective. It inspires meaning, joy, and belonging. I'm very happy to financially support this project.

[@tonywilson4713]

Aerospace engineer here: These are the sorts of projects we need to do but at a much larger scale. Right now there's around 2.5 Trillion (with a 'T') tons of *ADDITIONAL* CO2 in the atmosphere over what there should be. I am an engineer and I can tell you quite simply there is NO OTHER VIABLE way to remove that C02 than with trees and plants. The reason we need to go with trees and plants is because they are fundamentally low maintenance solar powered carbon pumps. Plant the right tree or plant to suit the environment and they just sit there sucking CO2 out of the air and capturing it in the wood or dragging it down into the soil. This is what the planet did for a several billion years until it made the planet habitable *FOR US* and then we messed it up. All these mechanical direct air capture schemes are nonsense. First off it will take an incredible amount of energy and raw materials to build all the equipment needed. Then it will take an even more incredible amount of energy to run it. Just the first 1km of air above the Earths surface is about 500 million cubic kilometers. We'd need enough machinery to suck in and then scrub 1/2 a billion cubic kilometers. Its simply IDI0TIC to think that's practical. All the other schemes like seeding the oceans to help create more plankton or dumping using Sulphur Dioxide (SO2) in the upper atmosphere are even more IDI0TIC because if anything goes wrong it will either to nothing at all and waste time or it will mees up the planet so bad the catastrophe will be Biblical.

[@VCJyJ2010]

He is so wise! Amazing project and he is right in the urgency, they have done a lot but is not enough… we desperately need more trees…

[@shapiemau2244]

We should all do more to plant more trees and seeds instead of waiting for "governments" to action it through their corporate systems. I have planted 60 odd trees over the last three years, we can all do this!

[@aditisk99]

Not everyone owns land to do this.

[@shapiemau2244]

@@aditisk99 I don't own the land. I have been planting them all over the wild, sweet chestnuts, walnuts, apples and pears!

[@janelleryan7869]

We need this in the states.You should start it!I would follow on my land.

[@suburbanbiology]

Commenting for the algorithm. Beautiful work as always.

[@insAneTunA]

Very impressive. Thank you for creating and sharing these inspiring videos.

[@mavrick23]

hey andrew, i got so inspired by this project, even i want to do tree plantation farming near godavari river, can you please tell me where are the classes i can join or what are the charges, as we are students..

[@thisarchanabahuguna]

Not much of a follower of Sadhguru but this I like. We should do this all over India.

[@rainflowwindfall5375]

Same. Always thought of him as a fraud and many indian environmentalists also opposed this project saying it's going to destroy the local ecosystem but it looks like it's working pretty well

[@thisarchanabahuguna]

@@rainflowwindfall5375 Yes. I live in north India and only visit south once in a while. The condition of natural habitat especially in the Himalayas is pretty bad due to too much road construction and tourism. It is really hurting our ecosystem. I am really against these aggressive construction projects that are taking away all the trees and threatening the habitat of animals. I recently went to Dehradun and they are building a parallel route through the mountains- cutting all the trees and poor monkeys are loitering on the roads. Don’t know how bad it is in the south. This is really not good. It must stop. I lived in US for 15 yrs and came back 3-4 yrs back. The change is shocking. We must plant more trees.

[@altmosetz_01]

Planting has zero value till mature trees continue to be cut randomly & extensively. Most trees take anywhere between 10- 20 years to mature . And it takes minutes to cut these down . Have a plan & system in place for taking care of what already exists while going in for something new . Else it's like filling an ever increasing chasm

[@rainflowwindfall5375]

@@thisarchanabahuguna it's happening in my hometown mysore too. Too many leopards and elephants are entering human spaces and everytime they get taken away and dumped in the reserve forest in bangalore instead of finding a final solution to it

[@karthikreddy8567]

@@rainflowwindfall5375fraud 😳? What’s wrong with you.🙄🤨🤦🏽‍♂️

[@DaveTheHillsideGardener]

Your videos are always so well edited and produced. Thank you for always showing such positive content.

[@TheBambiAssist]

Great content as always Andrew! So glad to learn about all the Indian initiatives regarding large and small scale nature restauration using permaculture concepts! Also some wise words shared throughout this video - if only more would see and understand what we are dealing with! Keep up the good work, much love from Germany!! ❤

[@jacobhenriques1541]

Actually this project is the third largest tree planting program. The largest is Africa’s Great Green Wall Project is the largest with an embankment of trees being planted to act as a barrier to stop the encroachment of the Sahara Desert. The second largest is a similar bulwark being planted in China to stop the spread of the Gobi desert. All three are all beautiful and inspiring projects in this time of Climate Change.

[@aditya.k.kochhar]

Hi Andrew, you are doing a great job educating us about environment friendly agriculture. Please consider also hiring someone to translate these videos into Hindi or Tamil or other Indian languages so that more local farmers can learn from your videos. Thanks and my best wishes for your future endeavours!!

[@silentstormstudio4782]

Planting is not a big task, taking care of them is a big task

[@krantikoganti]

But it is still a starting point.😃

[@karotregalado8354]

Kudos to India for this wonderful project! Hope that every country will follow your steps in recovering our earths' ecological problem which is happening right now such as global warming and drought.

[@utsav7646]

Let's hope for a better world our government focuses on the main issue rather than wars

[@pinballwizard6906]

Truer words have never been spoken. Let’s grow people ✌️😎

[@muksvlog817]

Save the planet.🌍Plant more trees.🌲🌵🌴🎄

[@srinivasraitha]

Out of 5 essential elements, the water is very precious and very important element. We Indians worship water as God. In Sanskrit गङ्गे च यमुने चैव गोदावरि सरस्वति । नर्मदे सिन्धु कावेरि जलेऽस्मिन् संनिधिं कुरु ॥ Meaning in English 1: O Holy Rivers Ganga and Yamuna, and also Godavari and Saraswati, 2: O Holy Rivers Narmada, Sindhu and Kaveri; Please be Present in this Water (and make it Holy). I congratulate Sadhguru for this great work! "Save Soil and Save Kaveri" are the prominent movements! Thank you Sadhguru and His team!

[@woodcraftable]

Brilliant - Thank you for this follow up and an in depth look at the success of Sadhguru's project

[@lasseheims3117]

"Three days without water, will water become your god?" THAT IS AWESOME

[@amar8703]

Those who eat mango. Don't throw the seeds in garbage. Wash them and keep for drying. Within 20 days you can contribute at least 50 seeds. Just before rain starts go and scatter place them at side of road or highway. We can expect huge tree within 5 years.

[@phackqu]

Great idea! Maybe the extra moisture from the trees evaporation will help out the Magnetic Field Shield

[@Observer9812]

Andrew meeting Sadhguru....isnt it just wonderful.❤❤

[@gouravraghuwanshi]

Save Our Soil 🌱 Let Us Make It Happen 🙏

[@vullkani]

And don't forget a huge thank you to the volunteers who have made this happen

[@nancystevens1252]

The one concern that I have with the 15 year (approx) harvesting of the timber is that the trees are not given the full length of time in tree years to grow and (re) develop into older growth which is really important over the long term.

[@oceanmariner]

Another great video! I watch all your videos and many others on this subject.Thanks!

[@amillison]

Thanks so much for your support 🙏

[@anthonymwai8228]

I need to learn and go back to Kenya and start something in my birth place northern Kenya Am a school bus driver in Seattle,Washington state

[@gaiustesla9324]

Nature is the most advanced technology.

[@johnbanach3875]

How true! An infinite intelligence. Puny human minds and even AI can't touch it.

[@gaiustesla9324]

@@johnbanach3875 "ai" is just the newest rebranding of "computer calculating". Firstly no computer can EVER replicate whats happening when its 0.00000000000000000000000001% of the overall energy that exists. Secondly computer generated information being compiled is useless if the aware thing looking at this information has no clue what it means. For example try explaining to someone what a ribosome is or how dna works, even though we dont "fully" understand, 99.9999% of people dont know and find it hard to understand.

[@wolflokie4167]

I have been following Sadhguru for a while and I just started watching your channel, funny how different threads 🧵 of life come together! I super loved your video! And glad India 🇮🇳 is doing such an amazing job on restoring there water sheds and their vegetation!!

[@onlinesuccessinternational8281]

14:31 The best tree planting system explained 👍👍👍

[@julzrouge369]

Yet another amazing & inspiring video. ❤ Namaste ✨🙏🏻✨

[@priya-jeevithaaram9045]

Dear Andrew, Heartiest Thanks for this so worthy task you are dealing with...to protect our Mother Earth...Blessings for Isha Foundation and many others around the world...🙏❤️🌄

[@PLuMUK54]

Amazed as I am by the project, I was so interested to see the children playing in the river. They were playing a game that I played here in England in the early 1960s. We called it "Polly-on-the-Mopstick" and had to be careful because our teachers banned it as being dangerous. I wonder what the children in India call it?

[@88divinegrace]

Given that we can plant conservatively more that 5 Trillion trees on our planet and that if even half of the population would plant one tree we would have double that amount, 2.42 Billiion is barely starting the restoration of our forests. It is a step in a positive direction though. Thank you for sharing.

[@brunetyannick1174]

trillion =/= billion ? it's a 100 trees/human.

[@RiccOrto]

Thank you so much for this beautiful useful video!!! We hope that this project can grow and create new possibilities for all countries in the world!!! Everyone leave a like and comment, to bring this amazing content to many people!!! Thanks again!

[@giorgio_89g]

Great!!! All of us put a like!!! thank!!!

[@_natureisgod]

Thank you Modiji and thank you sadguru ✝️☪️☸️🕉 we all should work for our country and world

[@zorororonoa2469]

This is beautiful. If possible please make a video after a year or two to show the progress as well. Thank you

[@aarondavidson6409]

Love the attitude... India just quietly saving the world while we fuss about

[@Observer9812]

Yet the msm will never talk about such initiatives by India

[@hanamanthosamani2860]

#SaveSoil.. Let's make it happen... Thanks for the sharing bro.

[@apsancentury6013]

This is awesome. Thanks for making this! #SaveSoil

[@SinghAmit_]

In North India we r lacking,we need people like sadguru in North India also.

[@WiserWorld.official]

Great plan. Also educate on cons of monoculture and why we should go for permaculture.

[@simonpannett8810]

Great to see the community involved to plant trees and look after the land!!!

[@foreveranimallover1504]

I just love your videos so much. Brings tears of happiness to my eyes and hope for the Human race and our planet :)

[@Mark-sg2ri]

We really need this to happen in southern Europe I honestly think there is going to be huge droughts in the coming decades in these areas

[@eliplayz22]

I really started appreciating and enjoying learning about permaculture from your videos. You earned yourself a subscriber, and I earned myself a new hyperfixation

[@wyattredmond9508]

I feel like the only people who have the know how and work force to pull this off is india. Well done india.

[@ramanbalagan2077]

beautiful , made me tear up!

[@MustacheMerlin]

IDK about the concept of cutting all the trees down and starting over every 20 years. It seems to me like it'd make more sense to continually plant a few trees every year, and then after 20 years, you start cutting a few trees every year. Then you keep the benefits of having trees and have that additional income constantly.

[@pollyjazz]

Thank you for all your wonderful informative videos. I would love to see a video or series of videos dedicated to living fences. In many of your videos showing us successful creations of food forests you always start by creating a living fence but I have great difficulty in finding information on what kinds of plants ( besides willows) are good for creating that barrier. Not all fences serve the same purpose, some might serve as a wind barrier others against predators or other animals who just want to munch on our plants. Some will probably be better for soaking up water in floods regions while others might be good for bringing up water to the surface in dryer regions, etc, etc. Sometimes you probably just need something fast. All I can find are about decorative or privacy fences....nothing specific for the starting of my own food forest.

[@amillison]

It all depends where you are located. In Senegal, they were using 4 different interwoven species. In deserts, we often see cacti fences. In temperate climates, willow is possible, and traditional hedges were grown from Hawthorn. But it's always a very specific craft. I actually have a video coming out about Willow fences soon :-)

[@PEBelarus]

You know I love land conservation videos and I love watching all of your stuff because the absolute truth of the water cycle and the cycle of life is represented here. The problem though with these videos is that we seem to be making a compromise that farmers make money. If farmers make more money or the land is better, this is generally good. But we must understand that there's still ridiculous poverty and the people who work for the farmers probably don't have anything like a decent life to live. I think the answer is to allow the communities to feed themselves and if that was the model, India is a world leader in potential irrigation. What do you think?

[@amillison]

From what I have seen, these practices are only taken up by the masses when people's quality of life is directly benefitted, I.e. making money. We can only hope there is a trickle down effect for any labor they hire

[@PEBelarus]

I think we completely agree with each other. But it is that downward economic push and the necessity to make use of land for commercial ventures instead of simply allowing local use. I am becoming more and more in love with local growers local food. Global economy seems only beneficial to the money people in the cities.

[@nsn5564]

If you think poverty will be further reduced by having the land stripped by giant corporate interests doing only cash agriculture, look into the #SaveSoil movement and the disaster that has caused the planet and how it's destroying us. The people who don't make money in villages come to the cities and drive autos or get a chai stall or sell those cotton towels at traffic lights. There aren't any alternatives that work better.

[@nandanbhardwaj8464]

the landowners are all local we do not yet have corporate farms. of course there is economic inequality between farmers and workers, but in these places farms are small and the owners work the land.@@PEBelarus

[@biodiversityfanatic2454]

What you want them to defeat capitalism too feel you asking too much though I see where your coming from.

[@marshallfogarty8405]

This is my favourite channel on KZbin ❤❤❤

[@amillison]

Thanks so much for your support 🙏

[@santoshkarki7554]

Best documentary for #savesoil and #cauverycalling so far. I couldn't hold back tears at some points while watching the documentary.

[@modoodles]

Now this is a real solution. The root issue is people's apathy towards nature. Get them invested in nature and give them resources to improve their circumstances, and they will protect the land. Every country needs to take notes!! I mean, there is also the issue of mega corporations creating harmful waste and emissions, but this video proves there are ways to improve the environment that isn't solely focusing on holding the biggest corporations accountable. We need to be doing both!

[@erroleabrown4317]

Im convinced that trees are why rain happens’ something in the temperature around the trees if there are lots of trees of course will make it rain, that’s why deserts don’t have rain’ so every country that has had their forests cut down that has been affected by climate changes is derectly connected to the forests being taken out’ so those companies that cut the trees down should be charged with environmental damage to those countries. As far as trees being planted India proves that if you take care of the trees properly they will grow into a forest. So countries that film tree planting but never show the forest after have not carried through with watering and care of the tiny plants.

[@GanjaDaddi_]

Vapor pressure deficit

[@MD-jf1ml]

This is amazing!

[@bikashprasad2045]

I have shared this channel too, I think you should hit 1M sir, please share this channel.

[@avasta.]

Sadhguru must be given the Bharat Ratna for all the wonderful ecological work he's doing, not to mention all he has done to revive and promote our ancient culture and religion 🙏

[@HBCrigs]

returing to an old system of agriculture cant happen top down by a government. it can only happen bottom-up from the people choosing themselves to make a change