Rick Crawford Climate change is the greatest threat to fisheries, and many other species survival around the world, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), worldwide global emissions will need to be cut 55% by 2030 and carbon neutral by 2050. So, what does it mean to go carbon neutral?
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Keep Chopping! Positive Sustainability Stories from Around the World
Rick Crawford My New Year’s Resolution this year is to “Imagine a Sustainable Planet” because I believe you have to have a vision for the world you want to create. My vision includes: massive reforestation projects around the world to protect biodiversity and fight the climate crisis; keeping fossil fuels in the ground and moving…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Author Stephen Sautner
Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler Podcast I interview Stephen Sautner who is a New York Times Contributor and author of two fly fishing books: Fish On, Fish OFF: The Misadventures of a Self-Taught Angler and A Cast in the Woods: A Story of Fly Fishing, Fracking and Floods in the Heart…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast Wins the Outdoor Media Climate Challenge
Rick Crawford I am truly humbled and grateful to announce that The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Patagonia Founder Yvon Chouinard won the Grand Prize of the Outdoor Climate Media Challenge that was put on by Conservation Hawks, and “was facilitated by the Outdoor Writers Association of America. The contest was designed to recognize and reward media…
How Kicking Plastic Solves Climate Change
Rick Crawford I am sure you have heard of Costa’s Kick Plastic Program? Costa has done an excellent job educating anglers and creating more awareness about the impact plastic pollution is having on our fisheries. For example, it is estimated that by 2050 there will be more plastic than fish (by weight) in the ocean….
EVENT: Patagonia’s ARTIFISHAL Film Screening in Charleston, SC
We are stoked to be bringing Patagonia’s ARTIFISHAL to Charleston, SC! Please join Emerger Strategies and Flood Tide Co. on Thursday, June 27, 2019, for an evening of environmental education, drinks and conversation about protecting wild fish. We’ll be screening the new Patagonia film, ARTIFISHAL, which is a film about people, rivers, and the fight…
