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Can golf courses help save the planet? Ask a herd of wild pigs

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Saturday, December 30, 2023

But no, this was not Just Stop Oil back for another round, nor the result of a disgruntled golfer.

Key Points: 
  • But no, this was not Just Stop Oil back for another round, nor the result of a disgruntled golfer.
  • Javelinas (or peccaries) are small but feisty relatives of the domesticated pig, found across the southern US and into South America.
  • A study of wild boar in Spain revealed that they raided golf courses less often during the COVID lockdown, when hunting was curtailed.

The bogey of management

  • But these benefits depend on good management to create a mix of habitats, including flower-filled rough grass, scrub and woodland.
  • Wildlife-friendly golf course management can even benefit the game itself.
  • Water draining from these courses may be polluted with pesticides or nutrients that alter the algae in adjacent streams.
  • French golfers have it easy compared with some of the creatures roaming the fairways in other countries.
  • Florida’s golfers, for example, would do well to keep an eye out for alligators.
  • The Arizona course staff were understandably horrified by the damage done, but the javelinas have their fans too.

Rewild the fairway

  • In the US, the total number of golf courses is declining, with more closures than openings since 2006 – many of them abandoned with no new purpose in mind.
  • Reversing the drainage from derelict courses could create new wetland habitats capable of stalling floods during heavy rainfall.
  • Projects to reverse this damage and rewild golf courses are springing up in England, the US and Australia.
  • The usefulness of pigs and their kin for grubbing up the land is widely recognised in rewilding projects.
  • It has become fashionable among opponents of rewilding to criticise this approach to nature conservation for taking land out of food production.


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YSL BEAUTY LAUNCHES REWILD OUR EARTH, A MAJOR NEW SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH WORLD-RENOWNED NGO, RE:WILD

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

PARIS, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in the lead-up to Earth Day, YSL Beauty has announced a global program called REWILD OUR EARTH, in partnership with global NGO Re:wild, reflecting its broader commitment to making a positive impact on the planet and its people. The Rewild Our Earth program aims to protect and restore 100,000 hectares by 2030––a surface area that is almost 10 times the size of Paris––and to safeguard biodiversity in priority areas affected by climate change where YSL Beauty's ingredients are sourced. Inspired by the brand's longstanding involvement in Morocco's Ourika Valley with the innovative Ourika Community Gardens initiative, this project is inscribed within the brand's new sustainability platform, known as 'Change the Rules, Change the Future'. This revamped vision has 3 key pillars: (1) Reduce Our Impact; (2) Rewild Our Earth; and (3) Abuse Is Not Love.

Key Points: 
  • This revamped vision has 3 key pillars: (1) Reduce Our Impact; (2) Rewild Our Earth; and (3) Abuse Is Not Love.
  • YSL Beauty is supporting the restoration of this corridor through collaboration between both authorities and communities, including a robust site monitoring program to ensure ecosystem health.
  • YSL Beauty is committed to enacting positive change in the world, focusing on both people and the planet.
  • For YSL Beauty, this platform marks a new era of sustainability that will define the beauty of the future.

YSL BEAUTY LAUNCHES REWILD OUR EARTH, A MAJOR NEW SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE IN COLLABORATION WITH WORLD-RENOWNED NGO, RE:WILD

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, April 20, 2022

PARIS, April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, in the lead-up to Earth Day, YSL Beauty has announced a global program called REWILD OUR EARTH, in partnership with global NGO Re:wild, reflecting its broader commitment to making a positive impact on the planet and its people. The Rewild Our Earth program aims to protect and restore 100,000 hectares by 2030––a surface area that is almost 10 times the size of Paris––and to safeguard biodiversity in priority areas affected by climate change where YSL Beauty's ingredients are sourced. Inspired by the brand's longstanding involvement in Morocco's Ourika Valley with the innovative Ourika Community Gardens initiative, this project is inscribed within the brand's new sustainability platform, known as 'Change the Rules, Change the Future'. This revamped vision has 3 key pillars: (1) Reduce Our Impact; (2) Rewild Our Earth; and (3) Abuse Is Not Love.

Key Points: 
  • This revamped vision has 3 key pillars: (1) Reduce Our Impact; (2) Rewild Our Earth; and (3) Abuse Is Not Love.
  • YSL Beauty is supporting the restoration of this corridor through collaboration between both authorities and communities, including a robust site monitoring program to ensure ecosystem health.
  • YSL Beauty is committed to enacting positive change in the world, focusing on both people and the planet.
  • For YSL Beauty, this platform marks a new era of sustainability that will define the beauty of the future.

Local Farmers Connect Backyard Gardeners to Soil Health with Launch of ReWild Garden Seed

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Thursday, May 13, 2021

b'CRYSTAL CITY, Manitoba, May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Founded by a group of regenerative farmers and soil health advocates from Manitoba, ReWild Garden Seed is on a mission to connect gardeners with soil health.

Key Points: 
  • b'CRYSTAL CITY, Manitoba, May 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Founded by a group of regenerative farmers and soil health advocates from Manitoba, ReWild Garden Seed is on a mission to connect gardeners with soil health.
  • agricultural seed company, ReWild Garden Seed officially launched in spring 2021, offering backyard farmers looking to improve the health of their soil an alternative to fertilizer.\n\xe2\x80\x9cWe like to say healthy soil, healthy garden, healthy people,\xe2\x80\x9d says Joseph Gardiner, co-founder of Covers & Co., and ReWild Garden Seed.
  • Founded by Covers & Co. agricultural seed company, ReWild Garden Seed is owned and operated by regenerative farmers, soil health advocates, and hobby gardeners from the Canadian Prairies.
  • Learn more about how ReWild Garden Seed is bringing garden soil back to life: rewildgardenseed.com\nMedia Contact: Kennedy Collins, [email protected] , (204) 208-0122 Patricia Benton, [email protected] , (778) 828-3990\n'

Melbourne-based immersive tech studio create AR social experience to complement Netflix's new series, Our Planet, narrated by David Attenborough

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Friday, April 5, 2019

MELBOURNE, Australia, April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Melbourne-based immersive technology studio, PHORIA , announced the launch of REWILD Our Planet, which uses persistent and social Augmented Reality (AR).

Key Points: 
  • MELBOURNE, Australia, April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Melbourne-based immersive technology studio, PHORIA , announced the launch of REWILD Our Planet, which uses persistent and social Augmented Reality (AR).
  • The exhibition complements Our Planet, an eight-part documentary series narrated by Sir David Attenborough.
  • REWILD Our Planet is the first shared and ongoing AR experience to operate across three cities at the same time.
  • They create powerful user interactions and social experiences, all with the goal to generate a positive impact on the world.