Craig Axford

Staff Columnist

Craig Axford is a Staff Columnist for 71 Republic writing on science, the environment, and public policy. An American who lived in British Columbia for most of a decade, Craig earned degrees in anthropology and environmental studies from the University of Victoria and a master's in environmental management from Royal Roads University. He was a Green Party candidate for U.S. Congress, a Democratic National Committee organizer, a program director of a nonprofit environmental group, and the editor of The Sensible Soapbox on Medium.