Anthony L. Williams - The Environmental Stewardship Toolkit: How to Build, Implement and Maintain an Environmental Plan for Grounds and Golf Courses

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Williams, Anthony, 1964 April 4

The environmental stewardship toolkit : how to build, implement, and maintain an environmental plan for grounds and golf courses / Anthony Williams.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-470-63516-2 (pbk.); ISBN 978-1-118-19782-0 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-19783-7 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-20856-4 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-20859-5 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-20860-1 (ebk)

1. Golf coursesEnvironmental aspects. 2. Golf coursesMaintenance. I. Title.

GV975.W55 2012

796.352069dc23

2011037550

This book is dedicated to everyone who is striving to become a better environmental steward; from novice to master, we are all connected.

Foreword

DONT YOU JUST LOVE WHEN YOU meet someone who is living their lifes purpose to the fullest? They exude energy. They work to master a subject or skill on a seemingly daily basis, but do so with ease. Their curiosity is insatiable. And they commit to educating and sharing their experience with others, so their work can have greater, lasting impact. Turn the page, then, and you will meet Anthony Williams, who is living his lifes purpose. He invites you to accompany him in the pursuit of sustainability.

We at Marriott Internationalin order to serve our guests, communities, business partners, and employees whom we call associatesare united in our purpose and core values, one of which is serve our world. Through the Environmental Stewardship Toolkit, author Anthony Williams, who has a career spanning more than 25 years with Marriott, shows how he serves our world through our companys quest to conserve precious natural resources and achieve greater environmental sustainability.

Anthony has served as Director of Grounds at two Marriott hotel resorts. His stewardship and service have earned many accolades; Anthony was twice named Marriott Golf Grounds Manager of the Year, National Public Course and Overall winner of the Environmental Leaders in Golf Contest. In 2010, he was honored with the Golf Course Superintendents Association of Americas highest environmental honor, the Presidents Award for Environmental Stewardship. He was also selected as the 2011 Environmental Communicator of the Year for the Turf and Ornamental Communicators Association.

Anthony treasures the J.W. Marriott Award of Excellence he earned in 2008; it is Marriotts highest honor, and it is presented by our Chairman and CEO, J.W. Bill Marriott, Jr. I was in the audience the night of that event, when Anthony received his Award of Excellence and quoted a Native American proverb, we do not inherit the Earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children.

Anthony has been a life-long environmental advocate and teacher. His intention is that he, through this book, will accompany you throughout your journey of environmental stewardship whether you are a novice or a seasoned practitioner. The novice will gather a strong foundation of concepts and skills that will provide the insights that will launch their careers in the green industry. Critical core skills examined include Water Conservation, Integrated Pest Management, Documentation Management and Career Planning. The seasoned practitioner will find career-boosting tools ranging from Environmental Planning, Advanced-Environomic Theory, Green Public Relations, Goal Setting and Time Management presented in an easy to implement style to guide them from practitioner to innovator. The book also features Green, Greener and Greenest action steps in each section to allow the reader at any level of stewardship to immediately have a positive impact their world.

And now, I welcome you to join Anthony, a true energy source, on his path toward greater sustainability. May you enjoy all your travels to wonderful destinations.

Mari L. Snyder

Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility & Member, Marriotts Global Green Council

Marriott International, Inc.

Acknowledgments

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY DAD (Byron) and my Granddad (Ira) for teaching me the core values that have guided my life. To live a strong Christian faith and cultivate a deep understanding that, if you take care of the land, then the land will take care of you. Environmental Stewardship has been an heirloom in our family for generations.

My heartfelt thanks go to my many mentors for their support and guidance in this and so many projects. Thank you all for showing me the way, Hanshi Lou Angel, the associates of Marriott International, Marriott Golf and, of course, our leader J. W. Marriott Jr., the staff at Audubon International, Greg Lyman, Mark Johnson and the visionaries at the Environmental Institute for Golf, everyone at the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America and the Professional Grounds Management Society, my green family at the Georgia GCSA, Seth Jones for carving a writer from a pair of weathered boots, and Dr. Eddie Seagle and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College for supporting my lifelong education.

I also owe a debt of gratitude to the staff at Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort, Stone Mountain Golf Club by Marriott, Stone Mountain Inn, Stone Mountain Park, and the Stouffer/Renaissance PineIsle Resort. Together we have helped shape the green industry.