A Mini-Golf Course Bringing Awareness to Climate Change Returns ... - greenpointers.com
A Mini-Golf Course Bringing Awareness to Climate Change Returns for the Summer Season - Greenpointers
Golf itself can be a little boring (sorry, Dad) but shrink it down and add some wacky art installations? Now that has the makings of a good time!
Putting Green, a mini golf pop-up, returns for another season on the Williamsburg waterfront, starting today, May 26. But it’s not all fun and games, as the pop-up promotes awareness about climate change. If things keep going the way they are, that Williamsburg waterfront will look very different sooner than expected.
Each hole is designed by a different community partner. “The designs focus on a broad range of climate change themes including green and blue infrastructure, animal habitat, energy, and emissions,” the website states. “The course encourages players to explore their own role in understanding and solving our climate crisis.”
Golf courses are notorious environmental hazards, due to the large amount of water and chemicals needed to maintain that shade of green, so the Putting Greens team counteracts this with some of the course’s design features, as “the course’s turf was created with sustainably sourced and biobased materials from SYNlawn.”
Last year, the course was the setting for Jennifer Lawrence’s 73 Questions interview with Vogue, so go forth with the knowledge that you too could be holding her very same golf club.
Putting Green will be open from Monday through Friday, 3 – 8 p.m., and Saturday through Sunday, 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Tickets, which cost $10 for adults and $2 for kids/seniors, are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”