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Mar 23, 2023, London

Reuters

Gardener begins epic London-India bike ride to fight soil degradation

A gardener from Amsterdam begins a 30,000-km (18,640-mile) bicycle trek from London to India on Wednesday as part of a campaign to raise awareness about soil degradation.

Rens Goede's roundabout journey to the city of Coimbatore in southern India, in support of the "Save Soil" movement, will see him travel across 30 countries and will last an estimated two years.

Mar 22, 2023, UK

Earth.org

The Private Sector Must Prioritise Investments in Soil Health

The fate of the world’s economy is not decided in banks, boardrooms, or on stock markets. It is decided by the ground beneath our feet. Investing in soil health today is not only an ecological necessity but an economic one, too. 

Mar 19, 2023

One Green Planet

50-Year-Old Nathalie Masse Cycles 8000 Km Across The Globe To Save Soil

At 50 years old, Nathalie Masse, a French psychologist, has undertaken a heroic journey of cycling halfway across the world, all to draw attention to the urgent crisis facing agricultural soils worldwide, and the international Save Soil movement.

“I decided to embark on this project which is called ‘Wheels for Soil’ to help raise awareness on the issue of soil extinction, and garner support on social media, as well as unearthing sustainable practices by visiting farms, fairs, and organizations.” – Nathalie

Mar 3, 2023, United States

Dainese Explorer

30,000 km, 100 days and 27 countries – the Indian yogi’s international expedition to safeguard soil

Soil is dying. Soil extinction is the most dangerous threat that humanity faces today – one that has resulted in hunger, violence, poverty and death in many parts of the world. But with the rapid pace of soil degradation, we could soon be catapulted into a global disaster of unprecedented proportions.  

Jan 22, 2023, South Africa

The South African Broadcasting Corporation

Non-profit soil movement is concerned about SA’s soil quality

Save Soil Movement ambassador, Tseke Nkadimeng, is currently undertaking a 10 000 km walk across the country to catch the attention of curious passersby. This, with the aim of educating them about the current condition of the soil.

He says food currently produced in backyard gardens as well as on large scale farms, is not organic enough. “Most of the farms that we visited across the country, we did ask them their organic content and it’s sitting around 0.2-0.3%. That means that for them to produce whatever they are planting, they have to add more nutrients, more chemicals, to make the to make the plants and everything else to be strong,” Nkadimeng elaborates.

Jan 7, 2023, India

The Week

‘Save Soil’: Why India should listen to this clarion call

The movement has come up as a wake-up call at a time when soil extinction in India as well as across the globe call for urgent intervention from governments and policy makers. According to a United Nations report, almost one-third of the world's farmable land has disappeared in the last four decades due to intensive agricultural practices.

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