Sadhguru: This two-hundred-and-forty two crore trees looks like a big number.
But we have billions of people on this planet.
The best thing to do is everybody should start their own fundraising platforms
We will give an appeal in Bangalore, Chennai other places for the youth to come.
This is a battle plan. Okay?
A lot of stuff to do in the next few years.
Superscript: How to Be Part of the Solution? - Sadhguru Spot
There's no reason why
when we do something significant people think they should do it with a long face.
No, we can do significant things joyfully.
Hello?
Participants: Yes.
Sadhguru: Yes, we can (Laughs).
There are also simple solutions.
People think solutions have to be really complicated, high tech from somewhere.
Not necessary, it's all in nature.
Whether it is United Nations or UNEP, or with the governments in India,
slowly we've turned the mindset around in the last three years
that they are beginning to acknowledge, “yes, it can be done this way.”
It is not necessary to have a billion-dollar research and everything.
It is simply by observing nature, we can replicate the same things effortlessly.
So this turnaround of mindset is the biggest achievement of Rally for Rivers.
Policy changes happen, that's great.
But the real thing is when we started, everybody was talking about dams, check-dams, do this, do that.
Now all that talk has gone down.
Now everybody is talking about trees and trees, to a point where UN went out to say
that if you plant 1 trillion trees on this planet,
then the climate change effect could be reversed in ten to twelve years’ time.
They made the statement.
And we got the accreditation from UNCCD (Applause).
So that's a big boost for what we're doing right now.
Questioner: How can we help raise this awareness and also funds for the Cauvery calling?
Sadhguru: When I thought through this whole thing
I thought the government will be the biggest challenge.
But we crossed that threshold.
Not very easy, but we crossed it without too much difficulty.
Well, it took almost two years of relentless pursuit.
So having crossed that…
See this two-hundred-and-forty-two crore trees looks like a big number.
But we have billions of people on this planet.
And today, we can reach every human being on the planet through social media, online, so many ways.
The best thing to do is everybody should start their own fundraising platforms
and make it very clear, transparent
If there are people who are like influencers in whatever capacity,
I think you should enroll them in your countries, on your cities or wherever,
because they are the people who need to do this.
See, it's because of people’s support they have become who they have become.
They have to do what is needed for the world.
Now one thing will be, “Oh, why should I do something in southern India.
Cauvery is very important because it's a demonstratable model.
For the rest of the tropical world, this is a demonstratable model.
We’re doing it here because geographically this is the best place to do for quickest possible results.
This terrain you’ve seen, you've been through Coorg.
You've been through Nagarhole; you’ve come to Mysore; you've been seeing all the lush places.
Now we will go into Tamil Nadu, even there it will be green.
But I want you to be visualize when these crops are not there how the land will look.
Now the waterfall where we went, the Sivannasamudram;
Right now, it looks so abundant. You can't believe this river needs your help.
If you come in April - May it will be totally dry, no water.
That's how it’ll be.
So, that is the level of drastic change that will happen.
That is what is worrying because
the rain water that comes down should go through the rain forest that is there and slowly come into the river.
In four days, it filled up that reservoir, which is not at all good.
That's because water is just flowing on the surface.
That is a main thing.
So to make people understand this, it's taken a long time.
But I'm glad to see that both Kannada media and the Tamil media,
largely the mainstream media has understood the concept.
And it's gone to the people, this is what is the solution.
Everybody's clearly seeing, “yes, this is a smart solution.”
So that's a sea-change in the society, in the media, in the government. This has happened.
Now the challenge is this.
We are looking at training five to 10,000 farmers to raise saplings.
We must have the money-power to buy it.
I don't want to push the farmer into a place where he raises saplings.
And he doesn't know where to take it later.
People should see that we will buy the saplings.
There is demand for the saplings.
And we ourselves want to set up about three-hundred-and-fifty nurseries.
We want nurseries to be in every region so that transportation costs can be brought down.
This forty-two rupees we will be counting in saplings.
We are not counting money, but we also need money to buy trucks to, you know, operate the teams.
Right now the Nadi Veeras as they’re called, the river volunteers who’ve come.
They're doing a fantastic job, but their number is not enough.
Now we will give an appeal in Bangalore, Chennai other places for the youth to come.
For them food is no problem but accommodations to be built is a issue
if we get a thousand volunteers we are not capable of housing them.
Proper vehicles should be there to travel, all this needs to happen.
For all this, infrastructure is important.
That will not come from this forty-two rupees.
So, we need separate donations for that.
So we will see how to get those sponsors, corporate sponsors and other things.
This is a battle plan. Okay?
A lot of stuff to do in the next few years.