Sadhguru on #SaveSoil, Sustainable Fashion, and the Nature of Our Existence
In February 2022 I contacted Sadhguru and the Isha Foundation with the wish to interview him for my podcast “D Sustainability Issue”. In 2019 he did a campaign called Fashion for Peace at New York fashion week, so of course, I found this involvement in the fashion industry by a Mystic like Sadhguru very interesting and wanted to know more, and amplify his message to as many people as I possibly could. Little did I know that a month later I will be meeting Sadhguru in person at a Save Soil event in Vienna, where I was lucky to attend as press, and be able to ask him a question in a private setting after the event.
This all sounds surreal even now that I type it, but I like thinking that things in our lives happen for a reason, and so there I am, sharing what I have with you from this blessing of a meeting, and hoping it inspires you the same way it inspires me.
In this episode I talk about 3 things:
What does a Guru have to do with the fashion industry?
The fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world, and more than 60% of the fibres used in it are synthetic. For our health and for the health of our planet, we need to more to more natural fibres in fashion.
#SaveSoil - the purpose of Sadhguru’s visit to Vienna and what you can do to help too.
Soil is a living organism, and it enables all life on the planet. Over the last 100 years 50% of the world’s top soil has been degraded and destroyed. This leads to draught, food shortages, climate disaster. This needs to be politically addressed, so we can ensure the future of the next generations.
Sharing snippets from our conversation after the event.
Hope these simply inspire you the way they inspired me to learn more about these topics, and most importantly, to take action.
Let me know what you think on Instagram @iamdessiegeorgieva and follow along for more of these conversations.
Love,
Dessie
Here you can read more about Fashion for Peace at NYFW:
https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/blog/article/fashion-for-peace-newyork-fashion-week-event-highlights
Here is where you can inform yourself about soil, and what you can do to help:
Sadhguru’s interview with Imran Amed, Founder of Business of Fashion, at NYFW:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUxpV_F55_Q&t=135s
Music credit:
Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome
