ENVIRONMENT
Avondale’s
green tick Following on from Kate Torgersen’s previous article, Avondale Golf Club superintendent Rob Biddle looks at their recent recertification process as part of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf.
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ver 20 years ago, Avondale Golf Club in Sydney, under the direction of then course superintendent David Warwick, had the passion and foresight to partner with Audubon International and commit to being a part of the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf. This put Avondale on a path of environmental responsibility and sustainability which is 50
something the club continues to pride itself on. The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf is an award-winning education and certification program that helps golf courses protect the environment and preserve the natural heritage of the game of golf. By helping people enhance the valuable natural areas and wildlife habitats that golf courses provide, improve efficiency and minimise potentially harmful impacts of golf course operations, the
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program serves an important environmental role worldwide. Last year, as part of the Audubon criteria, Avondale had to go through a recertification process to provide evidence that we were committed to and implementing Audubon’s core values and mission statement which is “To create environmentally sustainable environments where people live, work and play”. This recertification is done every two