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Sustainability Spotlight: The Restoration of the Great Dunes Golf Course, Jekyll Island, GA
Even if you don’t play golf, do yourself a favor and take a detour to Jekyll Island. The golf course is a true testament to what can happen when sustainability and conservation are at the forefront of a golf course development project. The work of Ross and Stein and their willingness to work within the parameters of the JIA’s development restrictions will impress golfers for generations to come.
Pro Sport as Catalyst for Change: Previewing the World Cup (2026) & Olympic Games (2028)
In celebration of this year’s Green Sports Day, we’re looking towards the global sporting events coming to the U.S. in the next couple of years and how they’re influencing the sustainability of sports venues and operations here. Next summer, eleven U.S. cities across the country will host games for the FIFA World Cup. In 2028, Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympic Games (LA28).
Into the Woods: A Future-Fit Nature Immersion with Author and Regenerative Leadership Coach, Giles Hutchins
No one is here to "save" the planet, and if anything, it's here to save us - away from the mechanical and technocratic tendencies of a modern materialism that misperceives itself as separate from the living world. What toward? More flow, healthier alignment, deeper fulfillment, and greater possibilities, rooted within a wisdom that is over 3.8 billion years old.
What does Happy Gilmore 2 say about modern golf culture?
Happy Gilmore 2 highlights the ethics & essence of golf (integrity) vs the forces trying to separate and commercialize it for maximizing personal, short-term gain (i.e. “Maxi Golf”). The sequel is a respectable comedy in a modern world that’s devoid of fun comedy movies. Happy Gilmore 2 brings in hot-button subjects and portrays the wrestling of golf’s core ethics within its economic model for success (something like financial sustainability vs socio-cultural and interpersonal sustainability).
A Psychoanalysis of Happy Gilmore
Nobody:
Literally not a soul:
Andre: Here’s my 4000+ word in-depth take on the psychology of Happy Gilmore, a classic 90s comedy with hidden depth and commentary on the nature of golf.
Sustainability Spotlight: California Community Golf Summit
The California Community Golf Summit brought over 130 municipal golf stakeholders together to discuss a range of issues including rising operational costs, diminishing natural resources, and conflicts over land use, just to name a few. Director of Sustainability at National Links Trust (NLT) and Co-Founder of Driving the Green, Andrew Szunyog, discusses his participation in key panels:
Existential Threats to the Game
Are You a Welcoming Golf Course?
Maximizing Efficiency in Golf Course Agronomy
Community Programming Success Stories
Enhancing Community Golf Through Design
Emerging Markets
What is “The Environment”? How can golf “save” it?
To save “the environment” is to live in harmony with the whole of life. This is not about promoting domination, isolation, or even passivism -- but alignment -- and golf is the ultimate game of alignment. It starts and ends with being fully present.
Nature Works: Activating Regenerative Leadership Consciousness (Book Review)
The lessons in Hutchins’ book “Nature Works” are absolutely profound, IF one takes the time to: “Practice, Practice, Practice; Integrate, Integrate, Integrate”
One such Way is through playing golf – hearing its deeper calls for self-development, honoring its emergent ethics, and dying to the present moment in order to affirm life as a Whole (Being-in-Flow).
Sustainability Spotlight: 2025 VoLo Climate Correction Conference
The rising intensity of climate change is an existential issue we as leaders in the golf industry must continue to address, prioritizing actions that break silos and build resilience across the vast network of golf industry stakeholders.
Celebrating MLK and Civil Leadership Through Golf
Each team member of Driving the Green shares what MLK Day means to them, along with their experiences of how golf brings that value to life, carrying forward the legacy and dream of MLK.