If the green revolution is to take off, I think it has to affect every area of our lives. The top priority in many people's lives after all the answers they give out of obligation is golf. This article talks about how more and more golf courses are making environmentally friendly (and money-saving) changes to their courses to make them more green.
"If courses act as environmental stewards, there is the opportunity for them to actually benefit nature. The vast expanses of green grass and trees act as "air conditioners" and produce large quantities of oxygen while cleansing the air of pollution. Turfgrass can trap and hold pollutants in place, acting as a catch basin for residential and industrial runoff, according to the GCSAA. Golf courses can also be built on environmentally damaged sites, like landfills. And golf course managers, who often cite their love of nature for their career choice, continue to push new and innovative solutions to environmental problems."
I personally like the idea of golf courses built on former landfills. All that garbage would probably grow some nice grass. Would you pay more to golf at a green course? Would you play at a course that was green but the conditions weren't as perfect as the non-green course across the street?
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Good questions. I'd like to think I would pay more, but if government gives incentives to green businesses and taxes non-green businesses, it would be a moot point (prices would balance out).
The article makes me think about other aspects of my life that I will have to reconcile as we move forward with the Green Revolution: driving an SUV, world traveling, boating, reading books & magazines on paper, and on and on.
Like most consumers, I wouldn't pay more to golf at an inferior course...even if it was green. However, I don't think we need to sacrifice quality to endorse sustainability and conservation.
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