Rick Crawford I was swinging in a hammock listening to the vibrant green and red-throated Abaco Parrots squawking while also admiring the pink oleanders that surrounded me. I was perfectly content. Well, more than content in fact, as I had just landed the biggest bonefish of the trip and I hadn’t even had breakfast. It…
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The Sustainable Angler: Aspen Skiing Company SVP Sustainability Auden Schendler
Rick Crawford Back in 2009, when I was working in a t-shirt shop in Steamboat, CO trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life in the midst of the Great Recession, I came across a book in the Bud Werner Memorial Library called Getting Green Done by Auden Schendler and…
Our NEW 2020 Sustainability Products & Services!
Rick Crawford I started my business in 2016 because I wanted to protect what I love and I am very proud of the progress Emerger Strategies has made in helping to solve the greatest threat to our fisheries and our planet, which is climate change. If you are unfamiliar, Emerger Strategies is a sustainable business…
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The Sustainable Angler Podcast: The Venturing Angler’s Tim Harden
Rick Crawford I have been a long-time reader of The Venturing Angler and had a blast interviewing its founder, Tim Harden. I first met Tim at Abaco Lodge when I was there conducting a sustainability assessment for the lodge and had the opportunity to fish a few days together. Now, here we are about a…
Sustainability 101: What is a Lifecycle Assessment?
Rick Crawford Every product ever made has an environmental impact because they all take resources to create. And rest assured, much of the negative environmental impacts of products directly affect our fisheries, not to mention human health., and more times than not, the true environmental cost is not reflected on the price tag, so a…