Rick Crawford I started my company, Emerger Strategies, because I wanted to marry my passion for fly fishing and sustainability, and I protect what I love by guiding businesses on their sustainability journey and improving the environmental performance of their operations and products. In doing so, my clients are fighting climate change, which is the…
Tag: Sustainable Business
The Sustainable Angler: Tailwater Lodge’s Tom Fernandez
Rick Crawford Tom and I first crossed paths about ten years ago when we were in the same MBA in Sustainable Business program at Marylhurst University and discovered we were both fly anglers, and managed to stay in touch over the years as we are both passionate about fly fishing and sustainability. I married my…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Costa Fly Community Leader Peter Vandergrift
Rick Crawford EPISODE 3: In this episode of The Sustainable Angler, I interview Costa Sunglasses Fly Community Leader Peter Vandergrift. Peter is a former fly fishing guide who now works for Costa Sunglasses. We discuss everything from water pollution threats at Pebble Mine and on the Smith River to Costa’s Kick Plastic Campaign and their…
5 Reasons to be Hopeful About Climate Change in the United States
Rick Crawford If you haven’t heard, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report was released last month saying that if greenhouse gases which cause global warming continue to rise at current rates, the earth will warm to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) by 2040 with catastrophic results if we don’t curb greenhouse gas…
The Sustainable Angler Podcast: Patagonia Founder, Yvon Chouinard
Rick Crawford Patagonia has an incredible story from how it was founded to why “Patagonia” is the company’s namesake. Yvon Chouinard initially started making climbing pitons that could be used over and over again, therefore causing less damage when climbing and an environmental ethos was born. In 1968, Chouinard, Doug Tompkins, Dick Dorworth and Chris…
RepYourWater Releases Sustainability Report Video!
Rick Crawford You may have already read the RepYourWater 2017 Sustainability Report, but in an effort to communicate with their customers, RepYourWater just released a video of their 2017 Sustainability Report! Hope you enjoy, and nice work RepYourWater!
