LONDON, March 22 (Reuters) – A gardener from Amsterdam begins a 30,000-km (18,640-mile) bicycle trek from London to India on Wednesday as a part of a marketing campaign to lift consciousness about soil degradation.
Rens Goede’s roundabout journey to town of Coimbatore in southern India, in help of the “Save Soil” motion, will see him journey throughout 30 international locations and can final an estimated two years.
“I simply determined I can do extra. I like to cycle, so I believed: do one thing loopy, get on the (bi)cycle and simply do it,” the 31-year-old instructed Reuters.
“If we do not act now, (soil) will degrade additional and future generations will undergo big-time; we must always stop that. We’re the primary era… who can flip this case round.”
Goede’s mission mirrors that of Indian yogi Sadhguru, who final yr carried out the identical journey by bike, launching “Save Soil”.
The motion, backed by the likes of the World Meals Programme, says it goals “to handle the worldwide soil degradation disaster and help governments in implementing concrete coverage modifications for soil well being”.
Based on the United Nations’ Meals and Agriculture Group, soil erosion might result in a ten% loss in world crop manufacturing by 2050.
Reporting by Hannah Ellison; enhancing by Jonathan Oatis
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