Green Golfer Foundation was started to advance the concept of zero waste golf through education and demonstration. A few of us have discovered just how easy it is to completely alter golf's environmental paradyme, while saving money and having a lot of fun.
I'm not kidding about the fun part. The greenskeeping staff, the superintendent and Green Golfer Foundation members are really having a great time finding cheap and creative ways to further develop our zero waste demonstration park. it just keeps getting better as we talk about our project to others, and they offer additional ideas and support. It's like a team building, community bonding thing.
Zero waste golf techniques are easy and cheap, and fun. That's the real reason that we expect it to spread like a virus throughout the golf industry. Green Golfer Foundation is going to be there to fly the zero waste flag. We're going to conduct educational seminars. We're making a video trainer right now. We're hoping to develop a fund raising protocol to raise funds to assist other golf courses to defray the expenses of starting their own zero waste demonstration parks. We're hoping that some of the big players in the golf industry will decide to support our efforts.
Green Golfer Foundation is an organization for golfers who want to make a difference in the golf industry. But it's also an organization that benefits golf superintendents as well with volunteer helpers and a network of interested partners all over the world. "Unitos Venceramos...Together We are Invincible" Now, I will admit that starting an international organization is not the easiest thing to do, but as with all other worthwhile ideas...you just share the idea and those who agree will announce themselves. "Build it and they will come".
We were pleased to see that our BFF (blog friends forever) http://www.golfstinks.com/ out of New York wrote about Green Golfer's sartup efforts in their blog today. http://www.golfstinks.blogspot.com/2011/07/can-worm-turds-save-golf-industry.html . We couldn't have said it better ourselves...Thanks Greg.
Scott at http://www.turfhugger.blogspot.com/ out of Canada is another golf blogger that has been very helpful to spreading the word about zero waste golf. Green Golfer Foundation blog also has readers from India, Maylasia, Europe, Australia, and the list get's bigger every day. Can you see how the idea is already spreading globally?
We don't have any official membership documents or protocols yet, although we're working on it. We don't have a website yet, although we own the domain http://www.green_golfer.com/ (don't expect to find anything there yet) We also own http://www.zerowastegolf.com/ just in case we need it as well. We don't have any snazzy caps or shirts yet, but you know we will. We're not looking to create a business or some legalistic big deal, we're proposing a simple grass roots movement...if this is the right idea at the right time, with a little elbow grease, it will grow on it's own.
If you'd like to help us develop the organization, please let me know. We want and need your help and encouragment. Don't send us money, just send us your ideas, comments and moral support. Follow this blog so we will know how to get in touch with you when we get our organizational act together. Talk about zero waste golf and Green Golfer Foundation with your friends. You'll see that there is a lot of unorganized support out there. Now all we need to know is how to herd cats.
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