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Invasive Vegetation Management - A Langston Golf Course Update
Conquering the unmanaged invasive vegetation that lines the border of Langston Golf Course in Washington, D.C. is one of the biggest challenges in my new role as a sustainability consultant for the National Links Trust (NLT). There’s been a lot of learning on the job for me and figuring out how to tame the unruly beasts roaming the edges of this historic municipal golf course is one reason why.
Connection Equals Scale
Recapping the VoLo Foundation’s 2022 Climate Correction Conference:
#1 - Culture scales climate action.
#2 - The newest tech meets the oldest solutions of nature.
#3 - Climate action requires an orchestration of many solutions.
Sustainability Certification Series: Audubon International
This is the first article in a series that will outline the different certifying bodies in the golf and sports industries. These specific organizations are vital to the green sports movement because they provide teams, businesses, and organizations with a blueprint for managing and implementing sustainability focused social, environmental, and economic programs. The first such certifying organization we will cover is Audubon International.
What is Pee-Cycling?
Pee-cycling is an innovation that diverts urine before it joins a combined waste stream (urine, feces, and chemical treatment), safely reclaims the nutrients from our urine, and then applies those nutrients toward a productive use (agriculture, turf grass management, et cetera).
The Alchemy of Waste to Liquid Gold
Ur-ine our thoughts, circular pee-conomy!
Pee-cycling is a part of what the Soil Factory Network and Cornell professor Dr. Rebecca Nelson refer to as the “circular bionutrient economy”, which promises an old but bold solution to closing the loop between the production and disposal of key nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus. In simplest terms, what now harms the environment might instead save it.
Muni Spotlight: Florida’s First Reversible 9-Hole Golf Layout
Sailfish Sands Golf Course features Florida’s first reversible 9-hole golf layout and an all-around operation that matches the muni ideal: high tech, high quality, low impact, and low cost to the average golfer.
It’s Time To Have ‘The (Sustainability) Talk’
Two leaders in the landscape of PGA TOUR sustainability (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am & WM Phoenix Open) are a great way to kick off the year - but what about the other tours? What about the rest of the year? What about the rest of the country? While many other tournaments continue to lay the groundwork for sustainability internally, from an objective standpoint, many people reading this probably wonder where the push for sustainability is coming from inside the golf industry and how do those conversations begin? What a better time to address this than my first article since attending my first PGA TOUR Meetings.
Driving Sustainable Change in Golf and Hospitality
Kathy Sue McGuire started the first office recycling program in the State of Florida in 1991. For over a decade, Kathy worked for PGA National Resort (home of the Honda Classic). In that same timespan, she founded her consultancy now known as 3 Pillar Solutions, which helps clients meet sustainable development goals while improving efficiencies and making a profit.
Driving the Green Recap: 1st Annual NLT ‘Symposium on Municipal Golf’
The first annual National Links Trust ‘Symposium on Municipal Golf’ was held November 8-9, 2021 in Washington, DC. This exclusive recap discusses the takeaways, obstacles and goals emerging from this inaugural event as the golf industry works hard to preserve and reimagine the possibilities for municipal golf facilities.
Across the Pond: Australia’s First 100% Organic Golf Course
We spoke with Andrew Glen, Superintendent at KDV Sports Complex on the Gold Coast of Australia to learn more about his one-of-a-kind, 100% organic golf course and how to make organic golf scalable across the industry.