Rally for Rivers, Cauvery Calling and Project GreenHands, pilot project of Cauvery Calling have been recognized in several national and international forums.
2022 - The Govt. of India allocated INR 19,000 crore ($ 2.4 billion) to rejuvenate 13 major Indian rivers in alignment with the Rally for Rivers draft policy recommendations. Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Govt. of India, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, thanked Sadhguru and Rally for Rivers for their contributions.
2018 - On 6 June 2018, NITI Aayog made a nationwide policy pronouncement and sent an advisory to all 29 states for the revitalization of rivers in India based on recommendations by Rally for Rivers.
2018 - The United Nations invited Sadhguru to speak at the launch of the “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development 2018-2028.”
2020 - Isha Outreach was accepted as a Member of IUCN. The organization also formally extended its support for Isha Outreach’s work and offered to provide technical assistance for the Cauvery Calling project.
2019 - Isha Outreach participated in the summit as part of the Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) coalition led by UN Environment. Rally for Rivers was included in the NBS Compendium
2020 - The UNEP has accredited the Isha Outreach with Observer status to the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) and its subsidiary bodies.
2019 - At the UNCCD COP14, the UNCCD accredited Isha Outreach, acknowledging its potential to combat desertification and revitalize water resources and agriculture in the tropical world.
2019 - UNDP has its extended support for Isha Outreach’s work and offered to provide assistance for the Cauvery Calling project.
JUN 2010 - In 2010, PGH was awarded India’s highest environmental award, the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar, instituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, in recognition of PGH’s positive ecological impact.
FEB 2019 - Rally for Rivers, supported by over 162 million people in a span of 1 month, received the 2018 National Water Award from the Government of India under the category of Educative/Mass Awareness Efforts.
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OCT 2006 - PGH set a Guinness World Record on 17th October, 2006 for planting the maximum number of saplings in a single day. 8,52,587 saplings were planted in 6,284 locations across 27 districts in Tamil Nadu.
2010 - Project GreenHands (now part of Cauvery Calling) was declared the winner of the Environment Award by the Department of Environment, Tamil Nadu.
2020 - Sadhguru joined leaders Klaus Schwab, Jane Goodall, Ivan Duque, Marc Benioff, and others at the World Economic Forum, Davos, 2020, to launch a major global initiative of World Economic Forum and UN Environment which aims to unite governments, non-governmental organizations, businesses, and individuals in a "mass-scale nature restoration."
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2022 - Cauvery Calling was named one of the Top Innovators in ecological conservation and restoration by Trillion Trees: India Challenge for its “significant government connections and innovative monitoring techniques.”
2017 - Sadhguru invited as Chief Guest for conversation with Erik Solheim (former Head, UN Environment Programme) about Rally for Rivers as a model for environmental movements.
2019 - Dr. Sara Scherr, CEO, EcoAgriculture Partners, showcased Cauvery Calling during UN Climate Week, as a model landscape restoration effort.
2019 - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Rainforest Alliance, and EcoAgriculture Partners have included Cauvery Calling in their initiative to support global landscape restoration efforts
2019 - IWMI has extended its support for the work of Isha Outreach and has offered to provide technical assistance for the Cauvery Calling project.
