Environmental Stewrads

St. George’s Golf and Country Club Goes Green with Neighbourhood Schools and the City of Toronto

TORONTO, ON – St. George’s Golf and Country Club welcomed students from threeneighbourhood schools on Thursday, November 26 as part of a new environmental awareness partnership.

Fifteen students from each school - St. George’s Public School (Grade 5), Humber Valley Middle School (Grade 8) and Richview Collegiate (Grade 12) plus their teachers planted 60 trees and 40 shrubs adjacent to the 10^th tee at St. George’s - host the 2010 RBC Canadian Open in July. All three schools are within a 10-minute walk of the Club, which is located at 1668 Islington Avenue.  MORE... 

St. Eugene Golf Resort Casino takes Ktunaxa culture to the golf course

St. Eugene Golf Resort Casino in Cranbrook, B.C. is adding the Ktunaxa culture to the golf course.    Through a coordinated effort by staff and Ktunaxa elders, golfers at the St. Eugene Golf Resort Casino can now learn a few words in Ktunaxa as they play a round.

"We want to be more than a golf resort," said Dallas Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer. "We want to be able to educate people on the Ktunaxa and aboriginal people as a whole. We see it as something unique we can offer as part of that whole experience you are just not going to find anywhere else".  MORE...

Habitat Management?

Blake Plamer sent in these great photos of how his tractor became a home to a nest of Robins in June 2009.  The Plamers pretty much had to abandon the tractor for a month while she raised her family. However, they had two farm tractors so being an environmental steward didn't inconvenience them that much.

Send in your pictures and stories on how you or your course are environmental stewards.  Send the pictures and stories to Christine Lockhurst at clockhurst@golfsupers.com.