Sep 2019 Cauvery Calling Special Edition Know Why Cauvery Calling 16 Reasons Why People are is the largest charity 4 Donating for Cauvery Calling crowdfunding campaign on the planet Connect with Sadhguru Bonding with a Mystic Biker from the eyes of Rohit who 9 shadowed him for 15 days during Cauvery Calling Mysteries that Two short incidents about something extraordinary that 16 Our Mytic Weaves happened around Sadhguru Here you will find some of the most fascinating aspects of the What Happens When Grace and Cauvery Calling campaign - A 17 Human Efforts Converge vivid account of heartwarming scenes from the 15 days of riding behind Sadhguru A candid sharing from Sandeep Narayan, the singer of the Tamil 39 Catching the BUG! version of Cauvery Thayi, who knows Sadhguru as his father-in law and much more! 2 / CAUVERY CALLING SEP 2019 No pen or camera can ever capture those historical 15 days of the Cauvery Calling campaign that culminated into the largest charity crowdfunding campaign in the world. If you were captivated by the tweets, videos, Facebook and Instagram posts, and live blog during the campaign, you would not want to miss reading the chitchat of those who traveled with Sadhguru sharing their intimate moments with him - on the road, in meetings, as a leader, as a motorcyclist, as a celebrity, and as a Mystic. Lastly, we have a bit from someone who you could not imagine would share his impressions of these two weeks with us… but all in Whispers. Dive into this largest edition of Isha Whispers… as a tribute to Cauvery Calling. A Must Read! Why People are Donating for Cauvery Calling 16 Reasons Why People are Donating for Cauvery Calling – The Largest Crowdfunding Charity Drive in the World Since September 3, It must be pointed nearly 5 crore trees out here that much Cauvery Calling, on have been paid for larger crowdfunding through contributions by campaigns have the other hand, is an politicians, celebrities, succeeded in the opportunity to expand rich people, poor past, but most of people, and even these were supporting the borders of human- children, making it the video gaming or other largest charity funding lifestyle technology ity within us. So, let campaign in the shortest innovations. A recent us make it happen and possible time, in the campaign towards the history of humankind construction of the set an example of the – yet it is not even 5% wall at the Mexico– of what is needed to United States border, miracle Human Hearts transform the lives of raised over $9 million millions of farmers and in under 3 days. can create! save the Cauvery river. 5 / CAUVERY CALLING SEP 2019 Here are some top was estimated in the range of “Farmer Suicide Count ₹20,000-160,000 crores. A year Is Higher Than Fatalities reasons why people later in the summer of 2017, In Four Wars” that India Tamil Nadu faced a drought – are donating for the the worst in 140 years. has fought since its cause: Independence. The reason for cyclical floods #1. There is no risk and droughts is the loss of Cauvery Calling will enable of donations being vegetation in the Cauvery farmers to plant 242 crore trees basin. The trees in the river's in the Cauvery basin to help mishandled. catchment area slow down increase their income 300- the river runoff and help soil 800% in the next 5-7 years. There is a separate board and absorb rainwater and recharge an independent auditing entity groundwater aquifers. Some #5. We MUST preserve our for handling the Cauvery Calling of this water is slowly released magical soil for the next funds. Isha Foundation will not into rivers over the course of be involved in this at all. The the year. This prevents floods generation: board members are among the and water scarcity during the most prominent people in the dry season besides helping to “Killing soil is like country. revitalize the rivers. killing the nation,” said #2. This is the only #4. Should we just sit back Sadhguru. movement that is looking and watch our farmers What is really fascinating about at revitalizing a river rather die? India’s soil – though we don’t than extracting from it know the reason behind it - is like concepts of river About 70% of the Indian that one cubic meter of rich soil villagers work on farms. In will have around 10,000 species interlinking rivers, check traditional agricultural models, of organisms – the highest dams, etc. the farmer often falls into a debt concentration of life on this cycle. For example, a farmer planet. Cauvery river basin has might take out a loan to buy depleted over 40% in the last pesticides, fertilizer and seeds, Vegetation will save this unique 50 years with 87% loss in but the monsoon may not quality of our soil. When 242 vegetation in the basin area. By come, and a drought or a flood crore trees grow in the Cauvery planting 242 crore trees in its may destroy his crop. Then, he basin, the soil will be under basin, the river will flow again in has no food to feed himself and shade and the organic matter her full glory. no money to repay the loan. from the trees in the form of Sometimes, even if he gets a fallen leaves, stems, bark, #3. We want to say good yield, the farmer can suffer flowers, etc. will increase the goodbye to droughts and because of a glut on the market soil’s ability to retain moisture floods: that will drive down the price. thus improving fertility and translating into better crop Tamil Nadu suffered some of its No wonder nearly 300,000 yields. worst floods in December 2015. farmers have committed More than five hundred people suicide in the last twenty lost their lives, and the damage years. As Sadhguru says, 6 / CAUVERY CALLING SEP 2019 #6. The agroforestry #8. This is not an Though leaders of different Ecological-economic experiment: Isha has a political parties came on stage for different events to speak for model is very easy to lot of experience working Cauvery Calling, the first event understand with farmers and helping in Tamil Nadu at Hosur set a them move to agroforestry. historical precedence when we Under this initiative farmers will saw top local representatives be given saplings of different Till date, nearly 70,000 farmers of BJP, Congress, AIADMK, timber trees. Timber is used have taken that step with Isha’s and DMK on the same stage in everywhere including for help. Isha has meticulously support of the initiative. firewood, furniture, scaffoldings, developed, over the last fifteen pulp, paper, floorings, cabins, years, a network of farmers #10. For the first time musical instruments, sports thriving on agroforestry. Some the representatives of equipment, etc. Nearly 25% of these farms are designated International Organizations of the over ₹70,000 crores as model farms, with mature worth of wood used in India is agroforestry working models like UNDCC are looking at imported, while India’s timber that are a source of inspiration India for solutions: exports value at just a tenth of to new farmers. For example: that. This leaves a large market Isha volunteers have helped On September 9, in Delhi, to be tapped in timber both Senthil Kumar set up and run around 196 countries and 94 nationally and internationally. his farms. Isha has 33 nurseries Environment Ministers took part With the rise in living standards where organic saplings without in the UNCCD COP 14 event or in India, the need for wood is any nematoid deposits are the fourteenth meeting of the only growing. raised. Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention #7. Many farmers are #9. This is one project to Combat Desertification. already profiting from that is supported by Sadhguru was invited to attend the event in recognition of his agroforestry political parties across the valuable work in preventing spectrum: desertification through the Senthil Kumar, a farmer from revitalization of rivers and Gobichettipalayam in Tamil The Central Government has increasing green cover by way Nadu is one such agroforestry adopted the Rally for Rivers of Rally for Rivers and Cauvery pioneer. “I have planted policy recommendations, Calling. Malabar Kino on the periphery and now both the state of my farm. When I need some governments are giving Sadhguru met many national money, I cut down 10 of them full support to this project, and global change makers and to get ₹50,000,” he explains. “I including financial support by enviornmental stalwarts, all of need not run after the bankers providing incentives to farmers whom not only supported the or take a loan hoping for a to shift to agroforestry. The CM campaign, but also shared that government waiver. In the long of Karnataka has donated 2 they would want to emulate run, say 30 years from now, crore saplings for the project. this model in other countries as for my grandson's education, O. P. Raveendranath Kumar, well. for example, I could sell ten MP of the Theni constituency in red sandalwood trees to get Tamil has promised to donate 1 #11. Because I drink water, ₹300,000.” crore saplings over one year. I must plant trees 7 / CAUVERY CALLING SEP 2019 By 2020, groundwater in 21 13. When the Chinese, the Sadhguru explained the cities will touch zero level, Americans, Europeans, Africans, economic impact of Cauvery including Bangalore and Calling in the Chennai Chennai. By planting trees, and other Asians are planting event saying, “If one third the monsoon water will be trees for Cauvery, how can I of the land comes under held back in the soil, and not? agroforestry, by the eighth groundwater levels will go year, the government will up.