Rick Crawford I fell in love with fly fishing during the summer of 2008 working as a waiter on a guest ranch in Wyoming called the A Bar A Ranch. As it turned out, the decision to move from Savannah, GA to Encampent, WY is the best decision I ever made because I met my…
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Sustainability 101: What is Sustainable Business?
Rick Crawford In “Sustainability 101: What is Sustainability?” we defined ‘sustainability’ using the 1987 Brundtland Commission’s definition: “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Similarly, a ‘sustainable business’ takes into account the role it plays in affecting the ability of future generations to meet…
Lesson from a Life of Fly Fishing & Surfing: Travel Often
Rick Crawford For some unknown reason I have always been obsessed with tropical islands. Perhaps it is because I grew up on an island off the coast of Georgia called Whitemarsh Island and my imagination used to run wild just knowing that the creek down the street from my house led to the Wilmington River,…
The Sustainable Angler: Tudor Caradoc-Davies from The Mission
Rick Crawford I want to kick off this month’s “The Sustainable Angler” with a quick thank you to everyone who has been reading and following along! For those who may be reading The Sustainable Angler for the first time, the intent is to educate and create more awareness about the negative impacts that things like…
Sustainability 101: What is Sustainability?
Rick Crawford I was talking to a friend the other day about sustainability and he stopped me mid-sentence and said, “what the hell are you talking about?” I had been using the term “sustainability” as if it would be automatically understood. I put some more thought into it, and realized I could be doing a…
Lessons from a Life of Fly Fishing & Surfing: Part 1
Rick Crawford I learned how to surf before I started fly fishing while on a vacation in Hawaii when I was in high school. Admittedly, I am not a very good surfer, but I thoroughly enjoy it, nonetheless. It is such a thrill to ride a wave. I immediately fell in love with not only…