(1/n) Today Sadhguru will be addressing 195+ nation representatives at #UNCCDCOP15 regarding our Soil. Most people are unaware of @SadhguruJV's contribution towards ecology. Here's a 🧵 of some of @ishafoundation's work & recognitions over the past 15+ years. #SaveSoilAtCOP15
(2/n) Oct 17, 2006 - GUINNESS WORLD RECORD – Most Trees Planted in 3 days ( 852,587) in an event organized by Isha Foundation called Project GreenHands – Full Details can be found here - nbrienvis.nic.in/WriteReadData/…
(3/n) Sept 12, 2007 - The United Nations' Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), at its Substantive Session in July 2007, decided to grant Special Consultative Status to Isha Foundation. web.archive.org/web/2012110818…
(4/n) June 8, 2010. Project Green Hands (PGH), an Isha Foundation reforestation effort, has won the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar award (India’s HIGHEST Environmental Award) thehindu.com/news/cities/Co…
(5/n) Oct 4, 2010 – “The Green Tiruchi Movement launched by Project Greenhands, the environmental branch of Isha Foundation…” - thehindu.com/news/cities/Ti…
(6/n) May 17, 2011 – In Depth Case Analysis on the Management aspects of Project Greenhands, an ecological outreach initiative of Isha Foundation -papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
(7/n) Dec 4, 2014 - Volunteers from the Isha Yoga Center joined the Clean India campaign on November 23, and dived headlong into mopping up the plastic in nearby villages - isha.sadhguru.org/global/en/blog…
(8/n) October 10, 2015 – “Isha’s Project GreenHands (PGH) has reported planting 15 million saplings of 84 different native tree species in the last five years in south India.” - sustainabilitynext.in/isha-foundatio…
(9/n) “The launch of Rally for Rivers became the largest public-endorsed, mass awareness campaign in history. Supported by over 162 million people, it has since become the world’s largest ecological movement.” onegreenplanet.org/environment/di…
(10/n) Oct 23, 2017 – “At the culmination of the month-long Rally for Rivers journey across the country, the Revitalization of Rivers in India Draft Policy Recommendation was presented to the government on October 3, 2017.” isha.sadhguru.org/rally-for-rive…
(11/n) Dec 21, 2017 – “Erik Solheim (@ErikSolheim), Executive Director of UNEP lauded the Rally for Rivers initiative in a conversation with Sadhguru at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF)” - isha.sadhguru.org/rally-for-rive…
(12/n) March 7, 2018 - The IAA is privileged to present Isha Foundation the Green Crusader Award for its unique and far-reaching initiatives for a sustainable environment and spreading the seeds for a greener future.” adgully.com/isha-foundatio…
(13/n) June 6, 2018 - Volunteers of Isha Foundation on Tuesday took out cleanliness drives and awareness campaigns on the need to ban single use plastics across the state” timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/salem/ish…
(14/n) ) June 7, 2018 NITI Aayog formulates Program for Action to revitalize India’s rivers
In November 2017, the PMO formed an expert group to look into the policy recommendations made by Rally for Rivers - isha.sadhguru.org/rally-for-rive…
(15/n) Feb 28 – 2019 “Rally for Rivers was awarded the 2018 National Water Award in the category of Best Educative/Mass Awareness Efforts.” isha.sadhguru.org/rally-for-rive…
(16/n) March 5, 2019 - Maharashtra Approves 415 Crores For Rally For Rivers Project To Revitalize Waghari River - smartwww.in/maharashtra-ap…
(17/n) June 4, 2019 “Isha’s Project GreenHands (PGH) has launched the planting season for 2019 to enable planting of 50 Lakh saplings this year across Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.” - timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/t…
(18/n) ) June 20, 2019 – Here is a full Report submitted to the United Nations by Isha Foundation on Rally For Rivers - wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/hand…
(19/n) July 26, 2020 – Isha Foundation Accredited to UN Assembly - thehindubusinessline.com/news/isha-foun…
(20/n) December 18, 2021 – 12 Things One Must Know About Cauvery Calling – This write up includes details on the groundwork and behind the scenes activity for Cauvery Calling - ishaoutreach.org/en/cauvery-cal…
(21/n) ) January 29, 2022 – Cauvery Calling Movement plants 2.1 Crore trees - thehindu.com/news/cities/Co…
(22/n) March 16, 2022- Centre takes up Project to Rejuvenate 13 major rivers, Thanks Sadhguru for Policy Recommendations. news18.com/news/india/cen…
(23/n) April 4, 2022 – 54 Commonwealth Nations Pledge Support to Save Soil Movement news18.com/amp/news/india…
(24/n) April 6, 2022 -The International Union for Conservation of Nature (ICUN) Extends Support to SaveSoil - iucn.org/news/water/202…
(25/n) May 3, 2022 – Green Crusader Of the Year Award was presented to Sadhguru for “Save Soil” and his 100 day long motorcycle Journey he undertook to spread awareness about soil degradation. …ndequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/advertisi…
(26/n) May 11, 2022 - Sadhguru suggested a 3-pronged strategy to #SaveSoil & appealed to representatives from 196 nations to redouble governmental policy efforts aimed at reversing the degradation of agricultural land all around the world #SaveSoilAtCOP15 timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/save-soi…
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