Webinars

Description: In this recorded webinar, Joanna Nadeau, AICP, former Director of Community Programs, discusses the benefits and steps of Audubon International's Sustainable Communities program, which helps participating communities achieve and actively communicate their environmental successes. Learn about how to get started in the program and the positive strides you can take to collectively enhance and protect your community’s natural, economic, and social assets for the future.

Description: Joanna Nadeau, AICP, former Director of Community Programs, discusses the benefits and steps of Audubon International's Sustainable Communities program, which helps participating communities achieve and actively communicate their environmental successes. Learn from current member Oldfield (SC) and Certified Sustainable Community Coconut Creek (FL) about how to get started in the program and the positive strides you can take to collectively enhance and protect your community’s natural, economic, and social assets for the future.

Description: Joanna Nadeau, former Director of Community Programs, is joined by representatives from Coconut Creek, FL and Rio Verde, AZ, who discuss their planning and certification experiences as part of Audubon International’s Sustainable Communities Program.

Description: Tara Donadio, former Director of Environmental Programs, discusses what you should do, and not do, now that you have registered in the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses and received the New Member Packet in the mail. (30 minutes)

Description: Greg Austin, the British Columbia Director of the CGSA, Canada, discusses natural pond management. He includes elements of diagnostics, care and maintenance. This webinar was sponsored by Koenders Water Solutions.
(60 minutes)

Join Monarchs In The Rough Program Manager, Marcus Gray, as he covers natural history and threats to the Monarch population. Learn what you can do to help on your golf course!

Description: Get some tips on the best features to incorporate into your formal butterfly garden. Audubon International’s Monarchs In The Rough Program Manager, Marcus Gray, meets with Virginia Home Grown’s Peggy Singlemann to discuss the best plants and strategies to make your habitat have the biggest impact it can for these jewels of the sky.

VIRGINIA HOME GROWN is produced by VPM PBS®

Description: In this video from 2004, Superintendent Michael Rowe of Sandridge Golf Club in Vero Beach, FL discuses all of the types of wildlife that call his course home.

In this GCI interview, Ryan Aylesworth, former President & CEO, discusses ways superintendents can get the word out about the positive impacts golf courses can have on the environment. In a follow up discussion, Ryan shares resources that superintendents can use to make a difference, including resources and support provided by Audubon International.

Are you a superintendent looking to host an environmental education field trip on your golf course? First Green was created to provide environmental educational resources to students and teachers and presents a great opportunity for superintendents looking to showcase their environmental stewardship and teach others about the positive impact golf can have on the environment. This video is a great resource for anyone interested in hosting a field trip on the golf course where they work.

TPC of Scottsdale is maintained in a traditional desert style with minimal grass and is a great example of how championship courses can still be great environmental stewards.

This beautiful desert community is a haven for wildlife and healthy lifestyles. Recognized in 2015 by Audubon International, this Certified Sustainable Community is committed to preserving and enjoying the natural environment.

Greg Plotner of Tampa Palms golf course talks about the plant life at his course and shares information with golfers to get them excited about the vegetation in this video from 2004.