Golf course turf can store carbon. On the other hand, wetland drainage emits GHG. Therefore, golf courses can be either carbon positive or negative. Iceland is the first nation aiming to estimate the carbon status of land used by all its golf courses. #CarbonPar#ClimateAction
Happy New Year to all and 55th anniversary to Golfklúbbur Hornafjarðar (Hornafjordur GC), a participant in our original Carbon Par research into carbon stocks, sequestration and land use emissions on all 60 golf courses in Iceland. The club was established on New Year’s Day 1970.
We were deeply honored to be invited to the presidential residence at Bessastaðir yesterday, to meet the President of Iceland, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, to discuss how Iceland leads climate action in golf through our study of land carbon flows and stocks in all of its sixty courses.
Using own research data, Carbon Par quickly and credibly measures and makes sense of land carbon for golf course owners that wish to take climate action, save money, be eligible for financial incentives, enjoy a competitive advantage and showcase their value in and beyond golf.
Happy 71st anniversary today to Hella Golf Club, one of more than sixty golf clubs in #Iceland having their land carbon estimated in the #CarbonPar project.
Today, 17 June, is Iceland’s Independence Day. #GeysirGolf by #HotelGeysir, adjacent to one of Iceland’s national symbols, is one of more than sixty golf courses in the country participating in the #CarbonPar project, having their land carbon measured.
Naming #CarbonPar, led by @EdwinRoald, among golf's climate solutions going forward, Syngenta Golf explains how "golf courses and managed turfgrass areas could have one hugely important environmental benefit to outweigh all other costs: carbon sequestration."
As calls grow for more action on climate change at this week's #COP27, Syngenta Golf today publishes a new feature looking at solutions to make #golf courses more climate resilient 🌱🌍
Discover: https://t.co/aapIg1fCok
📸 Credit: @EdwinRoald#syngentagolf#growinggolf
@gosgolfselfoss in Selfoss is one of Iceland’s 62 golf clubs having their land carbon status quantified through the #CarbonPar project. Here is the new par-5 2nd hole, from the tee. Read more on Carbon Par at https://t.co/5fEF5Jt10t.
Vatnsleysuströnd is one of Iceland’s 62 golf clubs having their land carbon status quantified through the #CarbonPar project. Here is a look back up the 7th hole, with Mt. Keilir and #Kálfatjarnarkirkja church in the background. Read more on Carbon Par at https://t.co/z75rqzJzry
What happens when a group of golf course architects gather in Iceland for the @EIGCA annual meeting? The conversation quickly shifts to climate action and golf.
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The Presidents of @EIGCA, @ASGCA & @TheSAGCA signed a pledge at our Annual Conference in Iceland in June to mark the start of a pathway to encourage and support members to achieve net zero emissions through how #golfcourses are designed and developed https://t.co/2J54ISskJK
Like our consumption, land use can emit #CO2. But land, including turf, can also store #carbon. #CarbonPar is assessing the carbon status of land used by all of Iceland’s 62 golf courses, including Hornafjörður GC in Höfn. This is the short par-3 5th. Photo by @gsigolf.
@EdwinRoald will discuss the #CarbonPar project and introduce an interdisciplinary session on turfgrass ecosystem services, at the #ITRC2022 conference in #Copenhagen Tuesday 12 July. Event starts today. Website and program here: https://t.co/XGsazJfszY