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…
Tag: Sustainability
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…
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…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Sustainable Business Panel Discussion at IFTD 2019
Rick Crawford This episode of The Sustainable Angler was recorded live at the International Fly Tackle Dealer Show (IFTD) in October 2019 at the Denver Convention Center as a Sustainable Business Panel Discussion that I moderated and panelists include: Dr. Andy Danylchuk, Professor of Fish Conservation, UMASS Amherst Corinne Doctor, Co-Owner, Rep Your Water Steve…
The Sustainable Angler: 2019 Gift Guide
Rick Crawford Are you looking for the perfect gift to give to The Sustainable Angler in your life who is nearly impossible to shop for? If you are going to give a gift, you mine as well give gifts that make a positive impact, right? Personally, the older I get, the less I need and…
