How Baking Soda Helped Save Our Birds with Stephen Lyn Bales
Register for Zoom Link and Recording
Thursday, February 13 on Zoom at 7pm EST
In the late 1800s, all birds were seen as opportunities for target practice. The shooters did not know the difference between a finch and a wren. Bird feathers were a fashion status symbol and birds were hunted almost to extinction to supply fashion houses. Then the conservation-minded creators of Arm and Hammer Baking Soda came to the birds defense and starting placing free bird cards into the boxes of their bicarbonate of soda. Each card identified a different species with the slogan “For the good of all, do not destroy the birds.”
Join UT Arboretum education coordinator, Michelle Campanis, and naturalist/author, Stephen Lyn Bales, via Zoom for their 50th Nature Supper Club presentation, “How Baking Soda Helped Save the Birds.”
The February Nature Supper Club presentation on Thursday, February 13 is hosted by the UT Arboretum Society. The class is free, but you must register to receive the Zoom link and recording. Everyone who registers will be entered to win a copy of a book by Stephen Lyn Bales as we celebrate our 50th program!
Please contact Michelle at mcampani@utk.edu for any questions or registration issues.
Friends and Family/Third Saturday Hike
Saturday, February 15 at 9am at The UT Arboretum
Meet at the kiosk by the Visitors Center for a 1-2 mile hike guided by our volunteers. Remember to wear footwear suitable for uneven terrain with gravel and roots on the paths! No registration required. (No Pets Please). The UT Arboretum is located at 901 S. Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830
Contact Michelle Campanis for any questions.
