Hey Canada, it’s time to Soil Your Undies… in the name of soil conservation
Who doesn’t like playing in the dirt? The Soil Conservation Council of Canada sure does and encourages the Canadian public to do so as well in honour of National Soil Conservation Week (April 18-24, 2021).
Anyone can take part! All you need is a new pair of white 100% cotton briefs, a shovel, a marker flag, and a patch of soil to bury your undies. Once you have all that, follow the instructions below and be sure to share your experiences with your social networks.
This year we encourage you to make this an at-home family project due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. If you have a lawn, garden, flower bed, or planted pot you can still have fun and learn about the living soil. In lager areas like gardens, you can still use white cotton underwear as shown in our instructional video. If you are using a smaller space like a flower pot, cut strips from those white undies or a t-shirt and place them in the pot. It will still work!
Don’t forget to use #SoilYourUndies so we can see it too!
For instructions please Click Here (Français). For a print version with crop marks Click Here (Français).
Resources
- National Soil Conservation Week Toolkit (Français)
- National Soil Conservation Week Email Banner (Français)
- Non-branded email Banner (Français)
- National Soil Conservation Week Facebook Banner (Français)
- Non- branded Facebook Banner (Français)
- National Soil Conservation Week Twitter Banner (Français)
- Non-branded Twitter Banner (Français)
- Soil Conservation Council of Canada Infographic (Français)
- Soil Conservation Council of Canada Ad Copy (Francais)
- Media Contacts
Videos
Soil Your Undies How-to Video
Official Stanfield’s underwear burial at Canada Agriculture and Food Museum in Ottawa
Digging up the official Stanfield’s Underwear
News and More
- 2019 media release: When was the last time you soiled your undies?
- Learn more about the “Soil Your Undies” Project – by Michael Jones, 4-H Canada Science Fair Winner