Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler podcast, I interview Bajio Sunglasses CEO and Founder Al Perkinson and we discuss everything from cause marketing and sustainable business; to our mutual love of flats fishing (Bajio is the Spanish word for the shallows, that part of the ocean that sits between land and deep…
Category: Climate Change
Fly Fishing Climate Alliance Announces 1st Annual Carbon Neutral Award Winners
The Fly Fishing Climate Alliance, whose members have committed to going carbon neutral by 2030, have announced their first annual Carbon Neutral award winners to members who have achieved carbon neutrality. Carbon neutrality “means annual zero net anthropogenic (human caused or influenced) CO2 emissions by a certain date. By definition, carbon neutrality means every ton…
Report: Climate Change among Threats to Recreational Fishing
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Jody Couser, jcouser@affta.org As Participation Surges During Pandemic, Blue Ribbon Panel Sets Agenda for the Future of Marine Fisheries Management Bozeman, MT – Today, the American Fly Fishing Trade Association and the AFFTA Fisheries Fund (jointly AFFTA) released a report, “Recommendations to Improve the Health and Sustainability of America’s Marine…
RepYourWater becomes World’s 1st Fly Fishing Apparel Brand to go Carbon Neutral!
Rick Crawford Climate change is one of the greatest threats to fish and fisheries on the planet, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel in Climate Change (IPCC), the world would have to curb its carbon emissions by at least 49% of 2017 levels by the year 2030 and then achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 in…
Why is Your Company NOT Addressing Climate Change?
Rick Crawford Let me start by saying it’s ok if you are unsure about climate change, or confused about how humans are heating up the planet by burning fossil fuels that emit greenhouse gases. So, let’s talk about it…. Climate Change NASA defines global warming as “the long-term heating of Earth’s climate system observed since…
Top 5 Podcasts of 2020
Rick Crawford As you already know, 2020 has been a crazy year, but I just wanted to say THANK YOU for taking the time to listen to The Sustainable Angler podcast! I really appreciate all the support and thought I’d share the top 5 The Sustainable Angler podcast episodes of 2020: 5. Trout Unlimited CEO…
