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How Duffers Could Save the Planet
Here’s a thought for how the golf industry might rapidly and seamlessly “go lower on the carbon scorecard” – or in other words, improve its carbon footprint: What if every divot came with the opportunity to improve soil and sequester carbon?
Biochar: How Golf Courses Can Mimic Natural Grasslands to Save 30% in Water Consumption
Can the secret ingredient to fertile grasslands be the key to golf courses creating engineered carbon sinks? Will Bowden of New Zealand Turf Management Solutions seems to think so.
Recycling Confusion is Par for the Course - Definitions, Truths and Trends
Recycling has long been the baseline for living a sustainable life. The reassuring ease of the system and rinse and repeat method of recycling brought peace of mind to our lives and let us feel like we were making an actionable difference in our communities. Unfortunately, that was never really the case.
Circular Economy: Driven by Public Golf Lands
When a municipality is faced with the challenge of a struggling and at times unusable public golf course, the solution is not typically a conversion to anaerobic digestion of food waste in its place. However, that is the case in Madison, Wisconsin.
PGA TOUR Sustainability: Coming out of COVID-19 at the 2021 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
A firsthand account of sustainability on the PGA TOUR during the time of Covid-19 brings optimism as the sports world prepares for the return of fans.
Closing the Loop: Circularity & Golf, Together, Feeling the Flow
Mention the phrases ‘closing the loop’, ‘circularity’ or ‘end of life solutions’ in some golf circles and people will think you are either speaking in caddie tongue or retiring to Florida to play golf. However, this lack of understanding presents an opportunity for the golf industry to join the larger discussion regarding the circular economy.
The Practical Need for Diversity: Three Ways for Golf Courses to Encourage More of It
Diversity arises naturally within ecosystems to maintain balance and harmony; it’s time for golf and human civilization as a whole to follow.
‘Mum’s Not the Word’ at the 11th Annual Waste Management Sustainability Forum
A recap and golf industry take on the 2021 Waste Management Sustainability Forum.
Sustaining a World Class Golf Resort: A Conversation with Paul Wilson of Laguna Resorts & Hotels
After sharing a story on success story of Laguna Lăng Cô, we bring you a follow up interview with Paul Wilson of Laguna Resorts & Hotels to learn more about the philosophy of sustainability embedded into organizational culture.
How the Most Sustainable Golf Facility in Vietnam Plans to Spread Its Impact: Might this model apply in the US?
Little known to the Western World, Laguna Lăng Cô Golf Club of Vietnam represents a leading example of sustainable and even regenerative golf design. This “edible” golf design of Nick Faldo and Paul Jansen restored 5 hectares of fallow rice paddy in its conception.