Rick Crawford I am proud to have worked with Kyle Schaefer of Soul Fly Outfitters for the second year in a row to calculate his guiding operations carbon footprint and provide a pathway through carbon neutrality. I am also stoked to know people like Kyle, who are willing to do whatever it takes to protect…
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The Sustainable Angler Podcast: TS Designs Founder Eric Henry
Rick Crawford In this episode of The Sustainable Angler podcast, I interview TS Designs Founder Eric Henry. TS Designs is “making and printing the best sustainable t-shirts in the world, which are Made in USA from ‘dirt to shirt’” with a 500 mile radius supply chain. We talk about everything from running a sustainable business…

POW Premieres New Patagonia Film “Drop” with Q&A from Hilary Hutcheson, Liam Gallagher & Dave McCoy
Rick Crawford I was attending IFTD in 2019 and bumped into Hilary Hutcheson, who was kind enough to do an interview for The Sustainable Angler back when it was just a Q&A blog series and not a podcast, and she introduced me to filmmaker Liam Gallagher. They mentioned they were making a film that followed…

Photographer Joe Klementovich Goes Carbon Neutral
Rick Crawford I am stoked to have helped Photographer, Videographer and Storyteller, Joe Klementovich, achieve carbon neutrality. Joe is the first photographer to join the Fly Fishing Climate Alliance and it was also cool to work with a fellow 1% for the Planet member, as well as such a talented photographer, as Joe. Also, a…

Driftless Angler Becomes the Midwest’s 1st Carbon Neutral Fly Shop
Rick Crawford I am very proud to announce that Fly Fishing Climate Alliance (FFCA) member and Emerger Strategies client, Driftless Angler, has become the Midwest’s 1st Carbon Neutral Fly Shop! Driftless Angler joined the FFCA in January 2021 and we worked with them to calculate their 2020 carbon footprint, put in place strategies to reduce…

The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Bajio Sunglasses CEO Al Perkinson
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…