According to climate activists, the water resources being used to maintain golf courses can be put to better use in a country where farmers are struggling due to the ongoing drought crisis. In a video message, Extinction Rebellion claimed that “golf in Spain uses more water than the cities of Barcelona and Madrid combined”. The group also claimed that one hole of a golf course requires 100,000 litres of water every day to maintain the field around it.
XR further claims that only 0.6 per cent of the country’s population plays golf, which doesn’t justify the use of massive amounts of water for maintenance. As Spain reels under a massive drought crisis, climate activists have targeted golf courses around the country to discourage the ‘waste’ of water that is used to maintain the field. CNN reported that activists from Extinction Rebellion (XR) Spain, along with other climate groups, plugged up holes in at least 10 golf courses around the country, including those located in Madrid, Valencia, Ibiza and Navarra. Some of them filled the holes with cement while others planted seedlings.
Protesters were also carrying posters and placards with phrases such as: “Alert: Drought! Golf closed for climate justice” and “water is a common good.”
In a statement, the XR climate group said the motive of their campaign was “to denounce the waste of water in the context of one of the worst droughts that Europe has suffered.”
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